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Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury
 
Start Saturday 12^th July 9.00pm
Finish Sunday 13^th July 5.00am
 
 
Room 24 / 26 (Shell / Gunpowder Rooms) & tunnels
 
Started in room 24, all quiet.  The 2 lads (Andrew & Stuart – Almost Haunted) tried standing in the corridor immediately outside room, they said they didn’t detect anything – apart from the water driping in the tunnels.
The 3 girls Becky, Tanya & Me wondered down the tunnel with the guide Keiran to another room – where he left us alone; we were only there for a few minutes but it was feeling fine so I suggested we try spacing ourselves individually along the tunnel to see if could get anything.
 
Tanya was down the tunnel near the room with boys Becky stood about 6/7 meters down the tunnel towards me and near the exit then I was standing furthest down the tunnel about 10 meters away from Becky just past a room with plane wreckage in it.  Incidentally I stood outside the wreckage room for a couple of minutes and heard a few coughing/ sniffing noises so I hastily walked further down the tunnel away from it. 
After about 10 minutes both Becky and me heard a whistle that came from somewhere between us none of the rest of the group heard it and it seemed near to the wreckage room door. 
 
About 5 of so minutes later I started to hear some muffled thumping noises; I didn’t say what I could hear just ask if anyone else could hear any thing – answer was no from all of them.  Becky asked a few mins later if my stomach was rumbling – it wasn’t but she had been hearing a similar noise for some time.  It seemed to be emanating from the same room again.
During the most of the time I was in the position in the tunnel I could constantly hear the same thumping noise – eventually the guide joined me and asked what I could hear – what I could hear sounded like a combination of distant marching on the spot and banging on a wall like some one trying to get out; all of which I could hear directly in front of me in an adjoining room which also contained wreckage. Kieran confirmed that this is a known phenomena in this area of the tunnels.
 
Becky joined keiran and me after a few mins and I decided to call out and ask for the same noises – nothing.  So I imitated the noises and asked for spirit to copy me – nothing I did this 3 times and no response. So I tried again – this time both Becky and Kieran hear the noise further down the tunnel away from everyone else. I asked again and there was no response.
 
Time was up and we were all just about to leave the tunnels when we all heard a loud cough that seemed to come from in front of us, queue me shouting ‘anyone there?’ and speeding off down the tunnels to investigate.  Why the hell I decided to head off in front of the group alone I have no idea!!! We were unable to find the source of this cough as the nearest group to us were already in the tearoom and they denied making any noises.
 
 
Theatre Room & adjoining Open areas
 
When in here the guide was giving a brief explanation on what these ‘open’ type rooms were used for.  While he was talking there was a metallic ping sound that seemed to come from theatre room next door (there was only a wooden trellis screen separating it from the area we were in).  Upon advise from Angie we decided to ignore this noise and carry on.  After another of the metallic pings, a dragging type noise and a faint thud we decided to try in the theatre room next door as none of activity seemed to be in the ‘open rooms’
 
In the theatre we decided to do some glasswork Becky, Jade, Carole, Dan & Gareth around the table; I decided to watch standing to the side & the guide Simon sat on the stage.  I started asking questions and the glass wouldn’t move so Simon asked some and it started moving – I would ask and it would stop!  Carole then asked questions and 2 children and young boy of 10 and an older sister around 17/18. During this time I heard what sounded like running across the stage- jade looked confused and I asked her what was wrong – she explained she heard a noise on the stage, which I confirmed, and Simon also heard.
 Simon saw a flash of light move across the ceiling.
Becky felt as if some one moved her chair twice – it really jerked as I heard it and saw her reaction. At one point everyone at the table all looked up and turned to the door simultaneously – I asked them what was wrong as they had all moved at the same time to the same point – they had all seen something out of the corner of their eyes and turned…. Coincidence?  No-one of the group had realised the others had turned until I mentioned it!
 
A grump man took over the glass from the children and he refused to talk to me – Simon said that he needs pushing for answers but I had to bite my tongue or I would have just provoked him – some thing Simon told me under any circumstances I was not allowed to do. 
 
Jade started becoming distressed and started feeling sick.  Her mum Carole & me went to her and I could feel heat literally radiating off her before they even touched her.  The guide asked us if any us felt cold, to which Becky replied instantly with ‘yes’.  He took Jade out to recover. This is apparently a regular occurrence but I suspect that Jade was getting scared of the glasswork and freaked out.
 
After the others had gone back to the tearoom Becky & me chatted to Simon. He informed us that he has had countless different groups in that room and every time they all pick up on there being two children (brother and sister) the boy being around 10yrs old and the girl a fair bit older. Apparently every time they come first and then they disappear to be replaced (or chased away) by the grumpy man.
 
 

Latrines

 
All the girls in the group (Becky, 2 guides & me) became very jumpy very fast in this area.  After a few mins we decided on silence and to relax after a few minutes one of the guides both of the guides said that they could see a shadow in the arch towards the exit.  I was sitting to the left of the group with another arch beside me – it just felt like there was someone watching us from there. After a few more mins me and Mel (guide) both heard a very sigh from the arch next to me.
 
We moved to the next part of the area (all the girls linked arms and holding on for dear life!!) I sat on the end again next to same arch – after about 5 mins it was like some one walked right up to me and blew really stale bad breathe in my face – from the side where no one else was! It happened 3 times untl I buried my face into Mel’s coat.  But when I decided to be brave and sit up again I had the smell wafted into my face again – it was very unpleasent.
 
Mel suggested calling out a specific name – I had a name in my head – Jake but this was not it – however Becky had thought it was Harry and she was correct; and a bit freaked!
 
We tried getting a response by letting the American army chap call out and address Harry as soldier to soldier, (especially an American soldier addressing a British soldier – apparently severely frowned upon back then!) but didn’t get any thing.
 
 

Quadrant

 
After leaving the latrines we made a quick stop at the courtyard. 
I have to admit that I never feel “watched” at locations… but standing here I felt very venerable and very watched!
 
 

Tea-Room

 
Once back in the tearoom we were deciding to try and squeeze in one last area before time was up.  Richards fancy EMF reader went up to the max reading and my walkie-talkie went bananas bleeping like crazy!  I turned it off and dropped it on the table yet it continued!  Richard tried to find the source but was unable to.
 
 

Light Tunnel

 
9 of us headed off for one last vigil.  Going down a really long narrow corridor, we came to a small room with chairs and a table which we sat around (where MH did there séances/ table tipping.  Tansy said there were footsteps in the tunnel behind us but no one else heard this.
 
 
Over all I loved this location and would love to go back.  Several unusual things happened here and I would like to explore better.  It’s a massive location – I did have a queasy sensation in my stomach throughout the night in the tunnels only but I put it down to vibration from the Thames or ultrasound

Woodchester Mansion 26-Jan-2008
We got to the mansion when it was dark so unfortunatly i couldnt get any external pics of the building,
The back doors were opened up and the two guys in charge went to lightthe fire. Everyone stayed outside talking... me i grabbed my bags and disappearing into the black building; i couldnt be bothered to dig for my torch! lol all i could see was a faint light in the distance... i couldnt see how to get to it but i proceeded to walk around the corridors; alone, with no torch in the dark!!! it was fab a huge adrenalin rush lol

We started with a walk around the property with 2 chaps from the gloucester paranormal society (woodychester is their base) they showed us the parts we could go to... the couple of complete rooms and mainly where NOT to go... for fair of death lol 5 floors for us to investigate... i couldnt wait!!  the whole property is made of stone and is all carved really ornatly. It looks like it was done yesterday and the whole building is very dusty (hence the orbs) and wierd to see fireplaces 4 storeys up in mid air with no floor!! 

Next was a walk around with our medium for the night "spooky Stu" he talked about a cook singing in the kitchen and about a tall man doing a strange walk down on the ground floor corridors!
Requesting a volenter he got me to stand in a door way at the bottom of some fenced off stairs and asked me to answer some questions with the first thing that come to mind. male or female - male; taller or short - medium height; slim or chunky - stocky!; initial of first name - F infact i said fredrick; did he want me up there or not - NO not keen. Su said that my discription was correct but he was thinking of a man called Francis. Later on in the evening i ask the guys from GPS and they said that those stairs had been recently introduced to give accesto the back and that they was no history tothe stairs... in case u were wondering i was giving my first answers as they came into my head but they were also ... average answers. make of it what you will!
Each tim Stu wanted a volenter i obilged! lol down in the cellar he needed some one to dowse with rods to find an elemental - i found it! then we all started rocking... only the ones that had stood on that spot though (including the sceptics) i felt like some one was trying to push me back wards so i went to lean againest the wall; then it felt like i was being pushed down and forward from my shoulders. I ended up doubled over againest the wall and i found it very difficult to stand up straight; it took me a good 10mins. This might have happened though as i was very relaxed. although a large number of people in the cellar got back pain and needed to bend over.

Vigil one - first floor bathroom
One of only a few completed rooms in the property the bathroom is huge with a solid bath carved from stone.
Our group had nothing in this room. We moved to the corridor and that area too was silent.
nothing to report

During vigil 1 the group on the Gf had been disturbed by an alarm going off in the locked off offices. the GPS guys, stu and a group of 6 woman went with them to reset them. In leaving the area stu had called out and they had all heard the voice of a little girl shout hello back to them twice.

Vigil 2 - ground floor - north corridor
Our group along with the gps men moved to the corridor where the voice hadbeen heard.
The alarm went on and off on comand 3 times but i suspect it was on a delay or something... but why was it set off in the first place?
The area was quiet so we move down the corridor to the back door; which recently has been opening and closing on request. The whole area was flat so some of the group moved out side for a chat. back in the corridor i saw a flash of light like from a torch down around the bottom corner of corridor where we had been before i shouted and no one replied. About 5mins later 3 of us saw the same thing i shouted but got no answer me and the 2 lads i was with (the others were still outside) ran down the corridor and half way down the next one but no one was there. On the way back to my camcorder the view finder had opened... how did that happen?
Nothing else to report

Vigil 3 - cellar
Me and david left the remaining lads in our group for about 10mins while we went to take some photos. We all then did a sceance around the pillar in the celler. Through out the area was flat. And even though we provoked (people provoking in the past have been kicked) we got nada!

Vigil 4/5 - second floor/ third floor
After our lack of success and all the other groups getting stuff i asked if we could split our group up.
Me and Jon decided to be one group and not really looking forward to the upstairs alone i convinced the gps blokes to join us!
This floor is a corridor with unfinished rooms (most with a 2 storey drop to either side!)
We sat at the end of the corrdor and got a few s and bangs. After about 30mins i called out for the woman spirit called elizabeth... we got one lone footsep between my camcorder half way down the corridor and us. that was it.
We were about to give up and were talking about wheather ghosts know they are dead when we heard footsteps from the third floor above us... the group from that floor had already left past us!!
SO we went up stairs and carriedon our conversation. Nothing much happened but i did get some reall interesting anomolies on camera which i need to re-watch. There was a white mass that kept appearing and moving around the end window. When i checked with torches as i thought it was reflexion... the lights i kept seeing were well about the signs on the fence in front of the window and the window frame was wooden! i havent a clue what i was eeing but every tim ei said i could see it i vanished before any one else vould watch.


All in all a great location.. Yes it was flat for me but other people experianced stuff and its an amazing building. i cant wait to go again  its a typically fantastic gothic style haunted house





a fireplace 2 storeys up!!

the cupboard of abandoned tools

main staircase


Kitchen

Cellar

Chapel windows

Gallery ceiling


End less Corridors - no you couldnt see the ends!

some arty shadow pics- they took ages to get!!






one of the residents in the cellar!

The Salutation Inn 02-Feb-2008

 

Oh man where to start! 

Ok well the people that have been to this pub know that they have a licence until 2am.... but it wasn't until we got to the pub that we were informed that there was also a party on the first floor which was to finish at 3am... with a live thrash metal band!  annoyed is the word I think!

 

We got to the pub around 5pm ish so Shawn, David, Me & our medium Spooky Stu decided to go for a wonder around Nottingham centre and find some haunted locations  first stop was the Galleries of Justice & just as we got to the gates they closed... still looks like a fantastic place I really need to do an investigation there. Next stop was a wonder past Nottingham Castle and down to Ye olde Trip to Jerusalem - all I can say is WOW I love that pub! I wish it was my local we need to do an investigation there!

 

Around half 6 we were joined by Emma and then at 7pm us plus Shawn & Dave went on the Notts ghost walk; which was a good laugh and interesting even if the guide did freak me out slightly 

 

The investigation was exciting prospect for one there was only 5 of us plus Alison; once the party had finished!

We started in the caves around 9pm minus the Medium who was having too much of a good time in the party upstairs. Through the noise of the people upstairs it was possible to do a "sort of Vigil". Once Stu decided to join us me and Emma sat in the middle caves while the boys sat in the bottom caves, with Dave upstairs. We hard a couple of bangs from around the area of the well and when I called out for the same again we all heard 2 more bangs from the same direction to me the second was followed by movement or some thing being thrown which you can hear clearly on my DVD. We send Dave back upstairs to replicate the noises but he couldn’t get the same sound.

Next we moved to the cave at the bottom of the stairs on the right - Stu told us that it was very male orientated and that Emma and me wouldn’t be welcome as it was very Masonic. Emma and me felt fine and nothing happened. We left a tray on a raised area with flour on it to see is we could get any fingerprints etc.

 

Next we all went back to the main cave. All was quiet so I decided to go to my bag, which I had left in the middle part of the caves. I felt rather uncomfortable and radioed back to the others to tell them; I felt some one next to me believing it to be Stu I turned to talk to him but no one was there!! Queue Angie screaming her head off  :dunno the others did move pretty quick to find me though  pmsl  so I don’t know what happened there; a presence of a tall dark shadow next to me... I have no idea what it was; make of it what you will. Did I just witness my first ghost or shadow person?  Maybe my gatekeeper dropped my guard in the first hour again!?

 

Me, E & S did a vigil and through some pennies against a wall in the main cave only notable thing that happened was that S and me heard one of them move like it was slid across the stone floor.

 

Not much really happened until kicking out time then.

 

We managed to get the main pub at about 2:45am.  Emma & me went up to the first floor, then down stairs again for some peace and quiet – the medium was drunk and not being quiet at all; we had also been joined by a couple of very enthusiastic party goers. Eventually E, S, D & me went up to the first floor and decided to try a séance.  D watched while the 3 of us sat in he middle of the room; my camcorder facing us.  We asked for things to happen but all we got was my chair started rocking slightly back and forward and S fell into a deep sort of trance; after about 10mins S started getting distressed and started to cry; Stu had rejoined us and decided to break the circle.  Personally I know S has been ill in recent months so I put it down to the stress and then being in a relaxed state.

 

We were allowed to investigate the caves below the beer cellar (no one has been allowed in there before and the staff refuse to go down there – Alison didn’t want to join us and remained in the cellars) Nothing happened in the Caves but Alison reported loud bangs and shuffling up with her; S joined her and could hear the same – our group abandoned the cellar and some of them went to check out the noises.  E & me went back up stairs and tried another séance with D but nothing happened so I decided to get the dowsing rods.

I went down in to the caves ALONE!!  And collected the rods – I decided to check the flour tray while down there and I noticed a blob of red – blood like substance on the side for the tray in the flour.  I checked for drips or other sources but I couldn’t see find any reason for it.  At the top of the stairs I told stu and went back down to take a photo.

 

Back upstairs E & me did some dowsing I went to the area of the gent’s loos as E heard noises in there while I was downstairs.  I contacted a man call Quentin who likes to visit.  We moved to the Cromwell Snug; E wanted some dowsing practise.  I started and contacted a woman who had been murdered at the Inn; she was a working girl and wanted to move on.  E then told me the pub used to be a brothel…. That I did not know!

E took over and got a few answers but couldn’t hold the rods properly so I took over again.  This time I tried my best to move her on I thought it had worked but when E took the rods again the woman came back through.  She said she wanted to leave but needed Stu to help her.  I got Stu and with E, S, Stu & me with Alison and D watching we did a clearing.  Stu told the woman to use my energy and asked me her name “Clara” Stu started the séance and almost instantly I felt like all the air was being sucked out of my lungs, my throat dried and I felt like I was choking and I started gasping for air- then I broke down in tears as well.  I don’t really remember what happened but I know I was clinging on to the boys hands digging in my nails, I felt like I was going to fall over and everyone’s voices seemed miles away.  After wards I felt weak; I don’t know what to make of this experience maybe it was a spirit using my energy or maybe I was just scared.  I guess I will never know.

 

Once the clear appeared we moved back down to the cellar.  We checked the flour tray which the blob had now turned browny red and checked for drip sources. Conclusion:  We have no idea where it came from and it did look like blood.

 

The Pub is a great location. I would be nice to go back and do a full night minus the noise from the customers!!

The 3 main things for me were; the shadow I had beside me in the caves, S crying mid séance, the blood and the dowsing and the clearing.  I’m not saying they are paranormal – just interesting

Photos to follow

Chambercombe Manor


Getting to Chambercombe Manor was a bugger! Think it was the worse weather we have had for months, gale force winds and driving rain; plus to make things better Illfracombe from where I live is out on a limb... 3 and half hours later i got there! yes and thankfully its only the next county!!  To make matters a little worse i had read my letter wrong as well so i was an hour late!  not too worry there was apparently an inccident in the kitchen so they were behind too 

There were about 30 people including some young girls about 14yrs old with their parents... lots of people for such a tiny house, so being behind i ran to my cottage (lol yep i had a cottage all to myself ) dropped my things and went and sat in the entrance hall of the house alone while waiting for the group to finish off their tour of the property. I'd been sitting there about 20mins when I noticed that the door to the courtyard at the bottom of the corridor was open.... it wasnt when I got there as i had been nosey through the glass to see where it went. When one of the guides came to find me I asked if any one had crept pass me and opened the door... her response was "ah they have started... that happens all the time".
I decided to find the group and join in with the tour. I found them in the Elizabethen room where the group were being told to expect things to happen as they always do without fail and that they could guarentee things would happen! No auto-suggestion going on at this location at all!! in the small corridor between the elizabethen room and the crinalin room where the hidden room is i smelt tobacco pipe smoke. but as i was at the back of the queue i didnt say a word. A few rooms later 3 people were talking saying that they had smelt pipe smoke i chipped in and said "i smelt that to up there" to which i got the reply "congratulations thats a regular occurance here, hello im Dawn and these are my children I am the resident medium and my kids have the gift too.. stick with them!" so i tried too 

The whole investigation was a bit of a commercial sham aimed at the ghost hunting tourist  a real pitty as the owners dont allow private investigations and i was ear wigging and the owner said she is only going to be doing evening ghost walks in the future. A real shame as the house is pretty impressive, i think there could be some thing here.
basically no organised vigils it was a free for all. For the first couple of hours people were wondering around all over the place; noisley in candle light. I tried to find some peace and quite but it was hard as the house is small (only 6 rooms) and made entirly of timber so it was very very creaky. I managed to get the main hall to myself for about 10mins but other then that i just wondered and tried to find quiet corners.
Then we had the comical "regression" lol i swear one day i will be kicked out and asked to lleave cos i laugh too much at these things  A man on the tour had been asked back to the manor as when he visited a few months before he had started to get effected by something. He wasnt planted at all!! lol I think he thought he was Derek Acorah. His only ever invest before was at Chambercombe and he truely thought that made him a pro and real know it all  i bow at his feet for ever speck of dust was an ORB!!!! "ooooo ooo an ORB" "can you feel that cold spot, some one is definatly here" (queue an open window behind him!) the best bit was later on when he was convinced that one of the female spirits wanted his body - but thats another story   lol
Any way the woman owner of the property is a bit of a derek wanna be and although she is not sensitive in the slightest performed all the "contact" doing the 2 regressions from a piece of paper! (incidently - i sat and did as the person doing the regression was told and i failed to be regressed twice! maybe i didnt try hard enough! lol) any way this bloke was so unconvincly regressed to a angry bloke wanting to march that i couldnt but laugh! lol but enough of that as you can i wasnt impressed... i dunno what to make of the second chap as he was there with his family and he was quiet convincing but like i say it didnt effect me! and unfortunatly we werent aloud to film or take photos for some reason!
Another thing i wish i asked soem one to film wa sthe table tipping pushing lol  i missed the first session but from looking at faces i think lots must have happened.. so i joined in the second session. I stood next to the owner who was controling everything. Instantly the table started moving and when i say moving not rocking i mean moving about 2ft across the floor! the table in total moved about 8 meters around the room..... impressive? nope the woman next to me was putting her whole weight behind each push.... not sus at all lol the funny thing was people believed it... including her  lol

Through the night I used my new toy... my hanicam and i have caught some pretty funky light anomiles only 2 which i am thinking they might be a moth but the others i dont know what to say... 3 in sequence anomilies around one of the doors in the crinalin room facinate me the most... just have to work out how to get them off of my camera! 

I did get the whole building to myself at one point in the night which was interesting as the others went for a walk around the gardens... this is when i go one of my good anomolies... like it was saying "phew they have left me in peace for a few minutes!" Plus i made a big boob for a ghost hunter... i left my torch at home  lol i know what a prat! 

Ok the one thing that Chambercombe did for me was seriously make me think about how good dowsing rods are. I have done them at Bodmin Gaol before and i have to say i wasnt entirly convinced. But to get some time alone during the night i did some dowsing in the chapel where i contacted a 4yr old boy called Len who i think had traveled with some one to the manor that night... still not convinced me though... until i moved into the main hall (next door).
The rods were moving really fast and strong. I asked all the normal questions but it wouldn't answer just kept pointing to the door for the chapel. I asked are you male? are you female? no answer are you a child? are you a little boy? are you a little girl? no answer are you human? no answer hummmm stumped!  so i asked are you my spirit guide? nope! are you my gate keeper? YES oooo wierd! all "he" would tell me was that there was a woman in the chapel that wanted to talk to me... so i gave in and went to the chapel. The woman told me to kneel on the cold stone floor at the alter.... she said that my dads mum- my Nan was there and that she had a message for just me! Hummm i thought etf so i started talking to my Nan and she wasnt very happy about some thing and seemed in a rush to tell me. Ok we all know whats coming she doesnt like what im doing in my private life and told me none of my grandparents are happy about it BUT i'm doing the right thing and that it will work out and that i have to stick at it  to make sure it was my nan i asked a few personal questions and she answered correctly so im positive it was her.
The group reformed in the main hall and i was called out of the chapel; but i wasnt interested in what they were doing so i went back to the chapel. I got into deep conversation with Nan getting dates and addittional info on a particular person; the rods were still really strong i tried to stop them several times by gripping them tight but they would fight me and carry on regardless  I changed the subject and started talking about private things and started crying like a baby just in time for a group of about 10 people to walk into the room !! lol so i quickly said good bye to Nan and legged it into the next room...in complete darkness, with no torch DOH im daft!  


Total sum up... great location, great potential but over crowded and too touristy a real shame  Nan scared the hell out of me and although he hasnt said think some one else is rather worried too  
btw if any of the things my nan told me happens or comes true i will tell you all!

The Manor

Courtyard door that opened!

Landing

Room off Landing

Elizabethan Room


Crib that rocked on MH
 
Secret Passage

Secret Room

Crinilin Room

Former barn/ cidar press

Chapel

Hall

Secret Stairwell

Me!!

Manor in Daylight!

Jamaica Inn



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Built in 1750, Jamaica Inn was a coaching inn - a bit like our modern day service station. Weary travellers using the turnpike between Launceston and Bodmin would stay at the Inn after having crossed the wild and treacherous moor.
Jamaica Inn was remote and isolated so it was an excellent stopping place on the way to Devon and onward. It is also thought that the Inn may have got its name because it did a considerable trade in rum!
In 1778 the Inn was extended to include a coach house, stables and a tack room creating the l-shaped main part of the building as it is today.
For years there have been many stories of hauntings at Jamaica Inn and recently the Ghost Society has made in-depth investigations and compiled a report based on their findings. The areas of substantial interest to the investigation were, The Smuggler's Bar, The Stable Bar, the restaurant and upstairs in bedroom four.


I arrived at the Inn at 10 to 9 in the evening. Other members had been there for a while and been drinking in the bar; they had already been put into groups. I was in group 3 (of 3 with 9 other people!) 3 of whom had come over from Ireland for the night! We started off by all walking to the near by chapel (to kill time while drinkers were still in the bar. I spoke to the members of my group and found one was a "really" experianced know it all having done the "22 haunted pub hunt in 4 hours". On arriving at the chapel and cemetry I realised what kind of a night i was in for..... I was raining..... yes there were lots of "orbs" in the photos.... the one man.... yes ONE man in charge of the eveing and all 3 groups (totalling about 25 people) was telling everyone who found a "orb" in a photo "you have some thing there!" omg then one of the girls in my group took a long exposure picture without keeping the camera still.... yes you got it the photo blured.... que "oooo very intersting I think you have caught some thing there!! omg shut the F**k up!!! I had my photos from Borigdon and Preston Manor still on my memory card so i showed them some similar photos i have managed to take by accident..... nope they werent convince.... i even took one and made it bury for them to prove my point.... NO they were convinced they had some thing. ffs!
Yes this is a sign of things to come! 
Talking to the Mother of the 3 from Ireland at least i managed to convince her that Derek is a fake... something acheived for the night at least.  I also had a chat to the man in charge on the walk back to the Inn (Rich) he was tellingme about his investigation at Bodmin! He said "you know that cell down in the basement where that woman killed her baby? well i had a strange feeling walking past that cell with my little 6mt old son". I didnt have the heart to break his litle fantasy that he had been in contact with the woman that killed her baby in that cell..... urmm there is a sign on the wall out side of the cell telling the story of a woman who was convicted because she killed her baby; she was later hung at the gaol. She wasnt kept in that cell and she didnt kill the baby at the gaol; infact none of the signs in the gaol are outside of any of the cells where the actual people where held; these records dont exsist! but he was convinced!... a sign of the auto suggestion to come me thinks 
Back at the Inn sitting in the restaurant area flicking through my photos the only thing i had managed to get was wet feet!

Before the group could do any investigating Rich let each group off at a time to the museum to do the protection ritual!  one by one each person had to hold a bunch of burning sage; waving it around their had reading a passage; to give that person protection.... needless to say i couldnt be bothered with that C**p and after everyone had done the little ritual the vigils started 45mins late!

Vigil 1 - Museum Area
As we were group 3 we where last to be taken to our vigil (rich had to organise the others first!) We were lead in and he turned the lights out.... we were told NO cameras or Torchs for the first 10 or so minutes..... it was pitch black no light source at all... so it was a case of hold the person in front and feel with the other hand for the walls! hummm health and safety eat your heart out! As soon as we were left by Rich i thought it was going to be a repeat of Boringdon Hall with the ywo young Girls in my group..... mobile phones started ringing and they wouldnt shut up! arghhhh i decided to bugger um and go back the way i came to do some stuff on my own! I called out.... nothing at all it was flat.
After 20 mins Rich came back and lead us to another part of the museum; telling us that there is a little girl in that area and she always does something for people. I heard a few faint tapps on and off and one time when i asked form some one to whistle back one of the cabinets in the room creaked the same tune!
Rich returned for the 3rd or 4th time and brought ouijui board No 1 to us! I joined the board with 3 others and the little girl (patsy) came through the glass moved very fast and definate. She said she was sitting one place near the board and one of the irish girls beside me said she saw a shadow in that spot 4 of us picked up our cameras and took some photos of that area we all got orbs... i shall post mine! Which was strange!

Between vigils on a break i decided to go and take some photos outside... thats when i caught an interesting wispy sort of thing on a photo near the front door... which was wierd... i shall post later!

Vigil 2 - Bedrooms 3, 4, 5 & 6
Yep 4 bedrooms to investiagte in 35mins/ hour!!! We started as a whole group in room 4; Jack Trevellis is the resident spook in this room; long green cloak and a tricorn hat; he was apparently a smuggler. The room was comfortable and after trying to call out for a few minutes me and the Irish ladies moved rooms as the other ladies decided they wanted slience!
Room 5 this is the bedroom where in Most Haunted Yvette and Tom saw the face of a women in the mirror and Ian Lawman did a clearing for them. This room was quiet as well. Only thing i can report is that i was freeezing; boiling hot and then freezing again. The two girls decided that they could see a face in a blured photo they took ... which resulted in them screaming and leaving the room!
Room 6 apparently faces are caught in photos in this room; Rich joined us.... v quiet... nothing to report.
Room 3 Rich told a story of how a group ONCE experianced a young girl in visitation in this room .... she was recognised by the smell of burning hair. Auto suggestion implanted...... surprise one of the girls had a tickly nose and could smell smoke.... and bigger surprise... so could Rich  i just cracked up laughing and had to leave the room!
Cue ouiji board No 2! I swear the ouiji boards where mating and multiplying like rabbits! 
In room 4 me, Rich and the two young girls sat at the board we called out and it glass didnt move.... BUT the floor tapped under my foot a few time like when i was at the LLandoger Trow.... and i have to say.... it shit me up! I wasnt a happy bunny at all!
Cue ouiji board No 3 as the bedroom vigils ended early and we were lead down to the restaurant area!!  After being told for the umpteenth time that Jack kept coming through on the board in that area.. in the museum and reception ooo and the bedroom.... surprise Jack came through! and tbh i cant be asses to explain it..... but it was a ouiji board session.... end of!

Vigil 3 - Restaurant/ Pedlers bar and Reception (was generator room)
Vigil 3 kinda merged in with vigil 2 as we were taken to do the ouiji board during our time we should have been in the bedrooms. Actually all vigils tended to merge together as there was NO organisation and people were just wondering around doing every they wanted any way!!! Not that im annoyed or anything!!!! 
"lets go to the recepetion" said Rich..... Cue ouiji board No 4 !!!!!
oooh and guess what Jack was there to greet us! um pardon me or do you think there were a few too many ouiji boards? omfg!!!

I had almost left at about 2am when things were just going from rediculous to completly pathetic but i decided to wait it out! At 3am ish i abandoned to group and went outside to take some photos of the exterior while everyone else was indoors doing vigils. i was outside for about 10mins and it was a really calm clear night... I havent a clue where it came from but i heard what sounded like piccalo (sort of a cross between a penny whistle and a flute) playing a tune... it wasnt the cables from the flags or signs as i could hear them seperatly and there was a definate tune which lasted about 30seconds... i checked with some staff later on and they dont know of any reported music.

It was after this point i kind of gave up and decided to do my own thing.... i sat in the side bar; inbetween the main bar and the reception for about 30mins flicking through my photos... i thought i saw a shadow pass me a few times but nothing caught.

Next i went up stairs again and retreated to room 4 sitting in the door way talking to a member of another group across the corridor before he gave up and left me alone. Nothing happened... I think Jack was too busy on the 4 ouiji boards down stairs! 

The Irish mum decided to join me but we got bored and wondered down to the museum before she freaked out so we abandoned that idea!  Looking for a quiet retreat i sat in the small seating area between the gift shop and the restaurant... i stayed there for about 45mins thinking... "this torture will be over soon and as soon as i hear Rich calling everyone back to the restaurant area i will join them. Time ticked and at 4:20 ( the night was suppose to end at 4am) i decided to wonder back into the other room.... NO one was there.... infact all their stuff had gone as well and it was just little old me and my stuff left!!!
How unprofessional.... the organiser had buggered off and not done a head count to make sure everyone was ok. In the main bar a couple of staff members were chatting so i asked if everyone had gone they said yes although there was a small group left in the reception. I went to lok and it was the other half of group 3 that liked silence... doing a ouiji board!! i thought i would hang around and to cut a long story short... one of the woman was so blantly pushing the glass.... dates where coming out spot on and surprise when she took of her finger... nothing happened and when i asked her not to look answers were very random!
The computer did turn its self on and dial up to the net while we were sitting there but nothing else happened. They gave up and left and i went to talk to the two ladies chatting in the bar.


i managed to get an extra 2hours at the inn after the prganiser bugger off... i have to say i have never seen such a lack of organisation before... for such a famous property and sought after location for investigations they really really need to get their act together... if i had the guts i would have asked for a refund.

My advice .... if you are considering taking part in an investigation at the Jamaica Inn orgaised by the Inn.... DONT DO IT.
If you can get a private investiagtion there i beleive it would be great but not with this group.... its beyond a joke.
A total waste of my time, money and effort.....
I wont be going back

Boringdon Hall, Plymton, Devon
Situated only five miles from Plymouth City Centre, this Grade I listed Elizabethan Manor House has been restored to its former glory and retains an air of tranquility and grace. Room 15, 16 & 17 are all reportedly haunted by appartitions that sit on the end of beds and watch the occupants. The whole building Buzzes with an atmosphere and has many supposed ghosts.



After eventually finding the venue and not eating before hand!!! i got to the location at just gone 6pm... the rest of the investigation group arrive around 8:30pm. So had plenty of time to catch up with Angel and have a quick drink in the bar with her, Vince, Sara and Phil.
The DHN members that had managed to bag tickets for the location (only 6 of us out of 26!) grabbed the table at the back of the confrence room (to set the tone of being rebels and chocolate nickers!  ).

We were split into 4 groups; 3 led by Vince, Phil & Sara and another made up of Paul, TracyP and Pauls wife. Me and Angel were in the same group as Ian and 2 girls who were apparently pros and V sensitive having had done this many times before 

Vigil 1 - Room 17 - Team leader Sara
Me and Angel took up position on one ofthe twin beds while the other girls took the other bed; Ian sat in the window and Sara had a chair by the door. From the word go the "girls" were rowdy not shutting up and shouting and screaming. There was a few noises down by the bathroom (the room was a suite and had a seperate bedroom along with a small stepped corridor with a bathroom off of it opposite the entrance) so Ian went to investigate and one of the girls went with him in her high heels boots and pulling get up... in short the room wasnt very active.... the looks on Angel's, Sara's and my faces on Angels camera must be classic.... the muttering, cursing and swearing all symaltanious. if any thing had happened in that room we wouldnt have heard any thing as they were so blooming loud, regarless of the warnings from Sara telling them to be quiet and that there was a group in the next room! Closer inspection by me of one of there bottles showed vodka and bloody strong vodka at that..... so what to report of this vigil? noisey bloody girls!!! and 4 very p****d off DHNers.

Vigil 2 - Conference room - Team Leader Vince
During the break between vigils Sara had had a word with Vince and Phil and Vince managed to get the girls out into the out side part of the room so me, Angel and ian could have some peace. The room had a strange feel to it and felt busy. we ahd a few bangs and taps. I suggested we have a sceance sitting on holding hands in the centre of the room. We had a few more bangs and taps and what sounded like some foot steps. Angel felt some one brush her face and a few minutes later ian reported a brush on his arm (angel hadnt said what she felt at the time). The only major occurance we had in the room was that when we were asking questions there were lots of really loud bangs from the doors down stairs in the toilets that correspondid with the; the toilets weremt that busy so me and angel investigated after the vigil and there were only 2 doors below that actually banged loudly the others closed gently and slow. so that was a mystery.

Vigil 3 - Rose Room & Bar - Team Leader Phil
As soon as i walked into the gallery area of the first floor I didnt like it, it felt restrictive; but the roof wasnt as high as the rest of the rooms in the hall so maybe thats what it was. It was kind of split into 3 sections upstairs the main gallery, the access and a seperate small back room. I was drawn to the back room, maybe as it was so dark in there but the two girls followed suit; i tried to sit quietly in the back corner but they were in full swing again... this time trying to chat up Phil! So I went and sat out in the main gallery area with Angel and Ian. It was really quiet; apart from the din of a ringing mobile phone and a giggly girl arguing with her boyfriend. Angel saw a figure on the ground floor walking past the bar door but other then that and Phil wanting to slap some sense into the two girls nothing to report.

Vigil 4 - Room 15 - Team Leader Sara
On the way upto this room we spotted the girls in the bar area with the two barmen that they were chatting up outside; so we legged it and locked ourselves into the the room to escape them! Me and Angel bagged in fourposter bed while Ian and Sara sat on the other side of the room near the bathroom. I had a strange feeling of falling while lying on the bed but put it down to triedness. I did hear a breathe in my ear from where no one was sitting. Sara and Ian both reported seeing a small cat like shadow run across the floor in the middle of the room towards the bed. A few hours later a group were talking on a break and a number of them in different groups had also seen this shadow.

Vigil 5 - Room 16 - Team Leader Vince
This time I nabbed half of the bed while Ian nabbed the other side. Vince sat on the stairs by the ensuite and angel sat on the door step. Again another quiet room apart from the boiler and the pipes for the bathroom. Nothing happened in this room; we had a good laugh when Tracy walkie talkied thought to Phil to let him know that their group had just found one of girls and one of the barmen up in the rose room in a rather compromising position  . Also Angel was sensing a male outside of the room making her feel like she shouldnt be in there and that a female in the past had hidden in that room for some time to avoid him; she felt very drained.

Vigil 6 - Free Time
For the start of free time me and Angel shut ourselves into the confrence room but it felt flat so we moved on after about 15mins. We went to the bar area and lazed on the sofas, the whole hotel felt quiet and calm. I did go back up to th egallery and rose room with Ian.... which to my amazement had a chair turn upside on its own ..... NOT! 

All in all fantastic location.... very atmospheric.... but a pitty that it was so quiet.... i did manage to get lots of lovely photos though which i will post on here later!
I'd love to go back to this loctaion; plus it was only an hours drive each way for me 

Boringdon Hall

Me and Joelli popped up to the gaol last night for about 5 and half hours and we ended up wondering around, with the goal to oursleves for nearly the whole time!!!!

we couldnt believe our luck it was great.. omg  i love that place im so glad i live so close to it!

it was quiet but we knew that they were there just hiding...

in the long room the table they use for sceances was there so we tried some divinationand some table tilting which didnt work...a lthough we did get a couple of taps on it! the whole gaol was freezing cold too and i froze my bum off sititng on the cold concrete floor for about 15mins!

the Navel Gaol was unpadlocked so we sneaked in and spent about 1hr 15 in there (well i did Joe wimped out ) i made a short video which im trying to load up to you tube as i type! We heard a few tapping noises and before we left the navel wing at about 10:15pm we both heard foot steps in the main building  which was rather freaky.
I did loads of calling out and when Joelli abandoned me! yep she freaked and left me standing alone in the middle of the dark navel gaol!!  i called out some more and heard a few faint taps and what sounded like someone in one of the 3floor cells scraping their foot along and kicking stones out of the door ways! which was odd! i did try and wind them up slightly (karl and stu have lots to answer for!  ) but it didnt work. I even tried throwing things at them! 

all in all we didnt find much but next weekend im there again for an all nighter so maybe they will remember me. Ooo and my hackles were up in the car the way back home so i gave someones spirit a bit off a telling off to get back to the jail!! 

looks like we are off there again in 3wks too  oh dear Joelli has caught the bug too  i dunno how that happened!!    yey a girlie ghost hunter in cornwall to drag around!! wooohooo 

After a mamouth drive of 9 hours and a 4 hour text conversation with Julie, Colin and Chris in a 4 hour traffic jam comparing how fair we had moved; we were an hour ahead of them!  we finally arrived at Michelham Priory at 7:15pm an hour later then planned  bloomin traffic!

Any way after saying hello to everyone me and Joelli decided on a look around the Gatehouse while we waited for Ju & Co to arrive. We wondered up a really steep, narrow stone staircase and the up the stairs in the other section to have a look around the main rooms. apart from being death trap stairs.... nothing sensed in there.

Next I was off in search of the ellusive toliets... i was a little wary when i realised that the toliet was actually behind the door that opens on its own in the very first episode of MH!! Being nosey..  i had a quick wonder around the ground floor on my own while everyone else turned up. I found the long hall with the famous fire place (where Rick and Karl witnessed the legs appear in pilot episode) and i placed my hands on the timbers over the harth... the wood seemed to throb either that or it was adrenlin. While standing there I felt someone poke me witha finger on the top of my arm; and when i decided to wonder further I felt like i had someone walking behind me with their hand on my shoulder guiding me... which was a nice feeling.

When everyone arrived we all split up and had a wonder in small groups i took Joelli to the long hall to start off with and she heard the sound of a whining dog (possibly) by the fire place then when went upstairs..... i dont know who was more excited on walking into the priors room the first time.... Me or Joelli! But i was pretty damn excited  we both took some photos in the room and we both had the same problem; our pics all came out really blured. We both braved the seat that moved in MH episode 100 as we sat and said how amazed we were to be there we both heard a loud knock from the rhs of the room beside the fireplace; sounded like some one knocking on the wooden buearu (sp) me feeling rather brave called out for it to happen again and we did hear some more bangs and knocks to comand which was fun.

Vigil 1 - Joelli, Andy, Colin & Me in the gatehouse. first we all went to the top floor. Colin saw serveral shadows in the far corner by a door and his camera was turned off for no reason. A couple of tapping noises were heard in the fireplace area near me, and i saw a shadow in the corner where colin was; i did somem calling out but that was about it.
On the next floor down Joe, Colin and me all sat in a window while andy sat on his own. it was pretty quiet, colin saw some more shadows in the far corner and i saw some flashes on the window opposite while andy and Joe both reported seeing flashing lights around the stairs. Andy decided to go upsatirs alone and lie on the floor in the midddle of the room (for some reason!) we heard some suffling noises in the corner of the room but after we shouted to Andy; we worked out it was him. A few minutes passed and from the corner of the room we all heard shuffling; then it started to seem to move towards us weaving through the tables and chairs. Loud strong footsteps. the atmosphere seemed to get really thick around us and Joe, Colin and me all froze. I shouted to Andy to ask if he had moved... No he hadnt..... omg we were rather shaken with that! the look on colin and Joellis faces kinda said it all really. After that it was quiet again and we all left.

Vigil 2 - Back in the main building me and Joelli retreated back up to the priors room for a quick vigil... nothing happened.

Vigil 3 - As a group we all decided to go to the gate house to do a sceance five of us (me, Joelli, Gina, Pete & Anne) sat at a table with an up turned glass while everyone else sat in a circle holding hands around us. Nothing happened. Although once we were all upstairs i was standing by the stairs and i heard people walking up towards us........ strangely everyone was already upstairs... i moved rather quick 

Vigil 4 - After another tea break me and Joelli ventured back up stairs to the Priors room closing the door behind me this time and sitting back in that chair! We sat and chatted about how amazing the house is and how lucky we were to be there  again! after about 20mins Joe said she saw some flashing lights over my head towards the door way. On saying that about 30seconds later we heard shuffling outside of the door..... footsteps walking up to the door, shuffle by the door like they wanted to come in... my reaction was to ask who was there, no answer...... so i got up and opened the door..... no on there! i had a good look about but everyone was down the corridor doing some glass work on the dining table and every one else was sitting watching or filming!!! So who was outside the door? My mind was telling me that it was the medium; Anne but she was sitting at the table! It felt like a female presence to me. But it was so audible really loud footsteps and really loud shuffling.... i wish they had come in the room.

Vigil 5 - Me and joelli went down stairs to the long hall and shut the door behind us. we both stood by the fire place me in the corner and joelli with her back to the middle part of the fireplace. This room athough it didnt feel like there was anyone there felt uncomfortable. In my head i was asking out and i asked for some one to touch Joe..... sorry hun.... (but it worked thats why i was so spooked out when u screamed and swore). Some thing tugged really hard on the bottom of Joelli's coat.
We were very torch happy in that room... fingers constantly on the buttons! we sat opposite the fire place and while we were there i did some calling out and i reinforced.... "Please dont do any thing physical to us, just make a noise or show yourself Please". We had been sitting for about 15mins when Joelli screamed again... Joe discribed seeing a outline of a grey figure moving from left to right in front of us. I blinked i think... i didnt see a thing!  typical!
Strangly the same thing happened to me as it did at Bodmin Gaol... my camera died... when Joe saw the figure i took one picture and my batteries died! The wired thing; when we left the room i tried my camera again and it worked fine; in fact the battery was stronger then it had been; and incidently worked until i got home the next day! wierd!

Vigil 6 - Up to the priors room again. but this time we we're the only people in the whole building! Everyone else was eithe rin gatehouse doing a sceance or out in the grounds going to see the Iron age huts. No thing happened but to be just the two of us alone in the whole building in the pitch dark... possibly on of the most haunted properties in the UK.......... it was amazing.

Vigil 7 - Back down stairs we ventured into the kitchen it felt empty in the kitchen but at the same time it felt like i was in some one elses space.... almost like i was expecting a bit fat cook to walk in and tell us to get out... this was the only room that i could not shout out in... it didnt feel right. Nothing happened.

From the Kitchen we went into the atrium and stood for a few minutes but it felt flat so we took some pictures and moved back to the long hall.

Vigil 8 - With fingers on the torch buttons we sat in the fireplace are a of the hall for a while then we felt uncomfortable so we moved to the other end of the hall and sat on the floor just past and opposite the harpsycord. I heard some tapping on the wood panels behind me but that was it. I called out asking for the harpsycord to be played but it didnt happen!! likei said to Joelli at the time wtf would we have done if it had played? we would have been out of there ina flash and the only way out was past it lol

Vigil 9 - We made our way back up stairs to the priors room and shut the door behind us..... by now it was getting day light. We sat around... nothing happened.

Vigil 10 - i ran down stairs and grabed a wine glass from the cabinet and we tried to get it moving in the large room upstairs.... it wobbled a few time but that was it.

Vigil 11 - The room we had a avoided all night... the nursery... i dunno why we didnt want to do that room but in the early hours through the day light we managaed it... can it was fine... and nothing happened.

Vigil 12 - We decided to welcome the morning in with one last stint in the priors room... we heard a few tapps and creaks but that was it

Unfortunatly the Priory was very quiet the night we stayed and although we travel for so long to get there and home again i would do it in an instant and i have already reserved my place for next time; so has Joelli.
My logic you cant win them all..... just goes to show that although they are active places they dot perfrom all the time .... whihch in one sense is very good.

Im sure Joelli will aggree with me that the Prior is amazing  and the fact that we had the whole building to ourselves for so many hours that night was amazing! I felt so honoured to be there and i enjoyed it so much... it truely is an amazing place... yep bloody amazing!!