Demolition was halted whilst the newts were being cleared, so all Bloom Demolition could do was remove 'softs'. When I visited in May, the shell of the Nurses Home remained, but the demolition crews were busily ripping everything out of Rosemary and Wysteria wards.

We did our usual tour of the perimeter of the asylum and pointed out the various vistas and views for Magnus. I hoped to scale the water tower this time, but as we turned the corner of the Administration Block, I was in for a shock: A car was parked in the Engineering Courtyard.