| Welcome to Wardour.... |
| I totally love ghost stories, ancient castles and monuments, stories of mysticism, stone circles, folk lore and legend.... Upon visiting Britain, I got my fill of all these subjects! I slept in hostels that were once actual castles, I walked through ancient burial grounds, timeless villages, stone circles... you name it! But during my first days in England, I actually had a ghostly encounter!!! |
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| When I first visited Britain, it was late September. Tourist season was coming to an end, which proved to be a great advantage, as there were barely any crowds! We visited Old Wardour in the early evening and arrived about a half an hour before closing. Upon arrival, we discovered that we were the only people on the grounds! Adding to the atmosphere, the sky was a pinkish hue and thunder began rolling in distant hills. I could vividly imagine what it must have been like approaching her doors in a horse-drawn carriage. Once inside, I walked through Wardour's rooms in awe; my imagination taking me back through time... I clearly envisioned her past occupants while they warmed themselves by the fire or danced to ancient ballads within the torch-lit ball-room. Amazing!! |
| Inside one of Old Wardour's rooms... |
| I'm thinking that perhaps Old Wardour's past occupants may have been a bit intrigued with me as well... because one of them made themselves known to me!! As I ran through these rooms, I was totally smitten and engrossed with my camera. I was snapping pictures and rambling excitedly to James - I could hear his boots following me floor to floor on the stairs; walking and shifting around behind me in the rooms. It was when I entered the room shown above on the left, and was actually taking the picture on the right, that I looked through an opening in the wall and observed James by the chapel on the other side of the grounds!!!! At this point, I could still hear someone walking around and promptly turned around to see who I'd actually been talking to... NO-ONE was in the room with me!!! Heart pounding in my chest... I thanked Old Wardour for her hospitality and bid the invisible occupant a quick farewell... After that, I fell in love with the place!! |
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| Scenes from the movie, Robin Hood with Kevin Costnar (sp?), were filmed at Old Wardour! And... If you love to be scared, you will shiver at something else I discovered in Britain. I must warn you, this is very disturbing - Click *here* to see this terror!! |
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| Gotta watch your step going down these stairs!! Can you imagine what it was like when there was no electricity??? |
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