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Friday 31 October 2014

The Haunted Garden


I am feeling so brave.  My trusty ten year old Ghost Buster is feeling very brave too.  This in an advertising poster for an 'event' that we went to last night.  It was called 'The Haunting' and it took part in the gardens of Ragley Hall.


Do you remember the Ghost Train or the Haunted House, like that but outside, in the real dark!  In a setting that quite possibly has real ghosts of its own.  On the long, dark drive through the estate to get the house, my ten year old Ghost Buster no longer wanted to ghost bust at all.  He wanted to go home.  It felt like a real life Scooby Doo adventure.  I told him we should face our fears and we could always escape if we needed to.
    At the start of our adventure a leaf blew across the path, just a leaf, I thought it was a rat and it made me jump.  There were about twenty people in our group.  You had to be 10yrs or over.  We walked down a dark path where we were greeted in an alarming fashion by 'Edward The Gardener'.  When one member of our group screamed or shouted, we all screamed and shouted!  It was absolutely hilarious but nerve wracking.  I think Edward The Gardener is very lucky nobody struck him.  
  We stumbled around the garden in the dark not knowing what to expect.  I did not want to be at the back of the group and I certainly did not want to be at the front, I was not even happy at the sides.  I knew there would be goofs jumping out!  There were shrieks, growls, screams, cries for help and laughter resonating in the darkness and a bit of storytelling.  There were statues than ran after you and a horrible little ghoul girl with a loud scream.  The whole time we were trying to avoid Mildred, a murderous witch.  At one point a member of our party wandered off, we all tried to warn him and we shouted 'Hey you, come back' but he went and got murdered noisily behind a large yew tree.  Nobody lingered to check upon his welfare.  I think we all assumed it was a pretty thorough job and he was a lost cause.  I am not sure if they do that every show?  They must get through a fair number of employees.  I am not sure how they would get around the 'Health and Safety in the Workplace' regulations either.  
  • Job duty description  - Go behind the large Yew tree and get garrotted.  

   You will understand the lack of my own photographs, no one in their right mind would hang about to take photographs.  The gardens looked really other worldly with the lighting on the trees and plants, the shadows and the silhouettes mixed with the topiary really over fired your imagination.  There were people running about in the shrubs in the dark, I think maybe some characters had more than one role and had to dart about.
   Edward the gardener offered us his last torch and left us to find our own way out.  I did not trust his gesture and thought the torch would be a signal for a baddy to get you!  I kind of wish I took the torch now.  I decided the best way out was to jog.  I could have sprinted at that point if I had to.  It was uphill and I was shattered when we got back to the car.  It really was ridiculously funny once you got safely locked into your car and it was over. 
   Whoever had this idea is a genius.  It was a great setting for such an adventure.  Halloween is one of those things that you either do or don't celebrate for whatever reasons.  I love this time of year.  I do not like all the over dyed food and Haribo.  Those are the true horrors of Halloween.  I do like a nice baked potato and pumpkin soup though.  I hope you are spending Halloween doing what makes you happy.
xx

8 comments:

  1. Ohh spooky
    :)
    Happy halloween dear x

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  2. Awesome!!!!!!! I would love to have such a Halloween experience!!!!!!! Happy Halloween and have fun!!!!!!
    Love
    AMarie
    xxxx

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  3. Wow how fantastic Lucy and I too would have been in the middle, not front, back or sides lol Just had our own fun in a small town
    and I DID NOT go into the haunted house (old school building) as knew there would be dark foggy rooms and I am a big chicken lol
    Love halloween but will stick to rollercoasters for extra thrills lol

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  4. Sounds fabulous! Happy Halloween ^_^ XOX

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  5. Wow, that sounds properly frightening!

    BooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOooo
    *H*A*P*P*Y* *H*A*L*L*O*W*E*E*N*!*
    BooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOooo

    ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  6. Sounds like a great night to me! I love all things 'ghosty'. I didn't do much....but I did help out in a friend's shop dressed as a zombie and I made three children cry - which I was secretly pleased about ;)

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  7. I'm too much of a scaredy cat to go on such an adventure. Well done you!
    Carol xx

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  8. "The Haunting" event at Ragley Hall sounds like a thrilling experience, filled with spooky surprises and moments of laughter. As you and your ten-year-old Ghost Buster embarked on this adventure, the setting of the haunted gardens added an extra layer of excitement.

    Speaking of adventures, if you're in Birmingham and looking for reliable transportation options, consider coaches for minibus hire birmingham or an 8 seater minibus hire. These services can provide convenient and comfortable transportation for your next thrilling outing or any other group excursion.

    Back to "The Haunting," the dark paths, unexpected encounters, and collective reactions of the group must have created an atmosphere of both suspense and amusement. From Edward The Gardener's alarming greetings to statues chasing after you, and the attempts to evade the murderous witch Mildred, it sounds like a captivating experience.

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