GHOSTour '07 Day 7
posted Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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.
GHOSTour '07 Day 8 GHOSTour '07 Day 7 GHOSTour '07 Day 6 GHOSTour '07 Day 5 GHOSTour '07 Day 4 GHOSTour '07 Day 3 GHOSTour '07 Day 2 GHOSTour '07 Day 1
After a late night of drinking and a little bit of sleep, we climbed back on our coach and headed out on the road. As you can see, many of us went right back to sleep.
Sleep was only disturbed by the need for food, and we stopped at the Farm Cafe.
A rather unusual place selling cafeteria style food, farm goods, and trinkets you can see our lunch of steak pie, peas and chips above, and the fish, peas and chips below.
All who tried the fish and chips here said that they were nowhere near as good as those we had had in Whitby.
Our next stop was Castle Rising, a town with a castle. Thus the castle is Castle Rising is called the Castle Rising Castle.
The castle keep at Castle Rising is one of the most famous twelfth-century hall-keeps in the country, and it is likely that it is modelled on Norwich Castle.
To the north side of the castle is a ruined church that dates to around 1100, and both this church and the keep appear to have been rendered and whitewashed during the early medieval period.
One of the most striking features is the earthwork surrounding the moat. The built up soil is now covered in grass for aesthetic reasons, but the grass features many delicate wild flowers and butterflies in spring or summer.
There is a gravel path at the top of the built-up area, which enables the visitor to walk right round the building, getting not only a good view of the castle, but also of the town of Castle Rising and its neighbours. This photo was taken from the top of the gravel path and is of the back side of the castle.
After spending some time at the Castle Rising Castle, we headed to our hotel to prepare for the night. A costume ball with special guest Ingrid Pitt was planned and we had much work to do to get into our elaborate outfits. By candle light we made ourselves ready as the sun set, and soon the festivities began.
Number One Sexy Vampire showed up as, well, a vampire and immediately began to suck. Blood that is. Even innocent nuns were not safe.
The undead were among us.
Ghosts appeared out of nowhere. Afterall, this was a ghost tour.
And even a witch or two showed up.
Ingrid Pitt stayed, chatted, and signed autographs for all.
A few inmates from the asylum next door found their way over. We tried to send them back, but they turned out to have invites.
The chef kept bringing out fresh meat all night. We have no idea where he got it.
Late at night, after we had been kicked out of the ballroom for too much partying, we were left on our own devices to keep the party going. While watching Death Proof on a small DVD screen, we discovered that even zombies need a little green fairy every now and then. Stay tuned for GHOSTour '07 Day 8, the final day of HORROR!
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