GHOSTour '07 Day 4

If you have been following the tales of terror from the Ghostour '07, read on.  If you would like to start at the beginning, here is a list of the links for each entry.

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Day four of our Ghostour started off with a bang.  Well, an alarm, really.  A fire alarm at our hotel, long before we should have been awake.  Cold people standing outside were not happy.  Later, after a little more sleep, we climbed aboard our coach and headed out of London to the most haunted site in England!  The Borley Rectory.

The original rectory stood to the left of the building that is still there today and is now used as the rectory.  we got yelled at by the lovely woman who lives there for taking pictures of her house.  It was quite a scene, and had she just stayed inside, would have been a much less interesting story.

We were met at the site of the Rectory by Edward Babbs, an expert on the hauntings at Borley who has written a book on it.  He told us the stories, pointed out the important sites, and even took us to a church were some unidentified skeletons were moved and secretly buried in the church yard.

Above is the Borley Church, which has also been home to hauntings related to its rectory.  Strange sounds and even music have been heard in the church, often thought to be coming from beneath it.

And outside in the graveyard, a site still is marked where a fake gravestone used to stand.  When they dug this up, they found an entrance to the tombs under the church, some of which were locked and couldn't be opened.

After Borley, we headed to the Mill Hotel for lunch and a glimpse at the mummified cat that protects the hotel.  The cat was buried alive here, many years ago when it was thought that the cat would protect the building.  Once when the cat was removed, all sorts of bad things started happening, so the cat was replaced and has not been disturbed since. 

We left our friend the cat and headed north to Nottingham where we stopped at the oldest Inn in England for dinner.

Inside was the Cursed Galleon.  It is covered in filth from over the years because no one will touch it, for fear that they will be its next victim and die.

A hearty dinner of Steak and Ale pie along with a few pints of bitters and we were ready to go again. Back on the bus and off to Lincoln.

Lincoln is an incredible town and has wonderful Ghost Walks.  The Lincoln Castle above has its own ghost rider.  The rider is thought to be a man who was carrying a pardon for a condemned man.  The condemned man and the rider were friends and the rider was trying to get to the castle in time to stop the execution.  Unfortunately, the rider, exhausted, stopped for dinner and accidentally fell asleep.  This delayed him and his friend was put to death.  Now, many mornings around 5 am, a man on ha horse has been seen riding through the town and up to the gates of the castle before he dissappears into the castle.  Doomed to ride again and again, he will never save his friends life.

This restaurant had a ghost of its own.  A little boy named Humphry.  Humphry loves to poke people in the back while they ear, and sometimes he even appears to customers who mistake him for the son of a member of the staff.  If you ignore Humphry he gets angry and has slammed doors and he has even thrown a knife or two.

This haunted arch in Lincoln is a place where many have been tripped by a hand grabbing them as they passed through.  In addition, mysterious figures are sometimes seen in pictures of the arch and orbs often appear the the photos.  Notice the orb just above my head and to the right of me.

The Lincoln Minster is a beautiful church used in many movies as Westminster Abbey.  While we were visiting it was closed for the filming of "Young Elizabeth."  It was also seen in The Da Vinci Code.

This window near the church looks into a haunted hall.  Many times when a photo is taken of the window a face appears in the photo that was not there before.  No such luck for me.

After the walk, we were exhausted and returned to the haunted White Hart Hotel where we were staying.  Many orbs showed up in the photos I took of the room, and a strange round reflection of a table seems to be floating above the table in the photo below.  However, if you look closely, it does not appear to have exactly the same items on it.  Hmmm.

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