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I've had a pretty torrid year for exploring so far, and now we are in April I have only just scraped into double figures. However April and May are looking like fabulous months so hopefully things pick up finally.
And what better way to turn over a new leaf with a big nursing home in a beautiful part of the world near the south coast. When I say big, this place is massive - a sprawling building spread over two floors stretching as far as the eye can see. It was built during the early 1940s and originally operated as Linford Hospital before being converted into the Nursing Home as it stands today. In 2010 there was an immigration raid on the premises that resulted in 17 arrests - 12 on immigration charges, 1 on theft and the 4 staff who were believed to be those running the home. It closed soon after in 2012 and the local residents of the beautiful village it is sat in have been fighting plans to turn it into a drug rehabilitation centre.
Once you're inside it immediately becomes apparent that it closed very suddenly, pretty much everything is left as it was even down to residents clothes and a fully stocked kitchen. All the electrics are still connected up and myself and Landie Man had a right laugh playing the electric organ. It also becomes apparent what a massive waste of resources there is going on here, there is so much expensive equipment left inside that could be used elsewhere it was quite eye-opening.
The whole explore was very peaceful, well for the most part anyway as it was spoiled somewhat by the ear-splitting alarm going off in the front reception area which had obviously been screaming for some time.
Thanks for looking 
