Friday 31 October 2014

Spooky Walk Remembered

All the ghoulish Halloween Tales reminded me of a Ghost Walk night out my colleagues and I had in Edinburgh one dark night some years ago. The plan was a ghost walk, dinner then the dancing I insisted on.

The ghost walk was a hoot, or at least I reckoned it was! My colleagues of a more nervous disposition were less convinced. We followed our guide round while listening to his tales of gore and yore and both of the team who had broken ankles tried to out do each other by proving how fast they could walk! They are both very competitive people and nearly knackered the rest of us with two functional legs who were trying to keep up.

It was a really good dark and atmospheric night and the guide was full of scary tales of the city's ghoulish past. I had to hold two of my colleagues hands on the way through the creepy, windy closes as the were both 'feart' and kept threatening to get a taxi to the restaurant to wait for the rest of us. The underground vaults at the end were very atmospheric but we didn't experience any phenomena which I was partly disappointed by and partly relieved about. However, I made sure I kept a close eye on the colleague who'd arranged the spooky tour as he was the very one I trusted least not to pull some stunt, broken ankle or not. I thought the tour was actually quite tame and tried to drum up some interest in us doing the Mary King's Close tour next but was met by pale faces and outright refusal by most of the group.

After a refreshing drink we headed off for dinner in a lovely Italian restaurant where I had to resurrect some schoolgirl language skills to explain to our lovely waiter who spoke virtually no English that I'd been given the wrong prawns. Replete after a great meal we headed off to go dancing but found the place was mobbed. A drunken girl, whose make up had melted and was not clinging to the original features she'd applied it to, staggered by the stairs and exclaiming it "was too hot and all the men were ugly". Trip Advisor she wasn't but after we managed to wangle ourselves into the place we realised she was bang on the money! Worse was the dance floor was the same size as a piece of plastic cheese. Four of us who are vertically challenged managed to weave our way to the bar then had to be extricated by one of our chaps before we got a drink as the rest of the group had decided to decamp somewhere quieter. I never did get to boogie that night.

After an incredibly circuitous journey home the cherry on the pie as I crept in the door at 4.30am was finding the results of my dissertation were waiting for me and I'd passed!

11 comments:

  1. *sings* Memories......
    That's hilarious! Is the 'Witchery ' restaurant still there?
    Jane x

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  2. Well that was quite a night, thank goodness you passed!
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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  3. Oh dear, what a night that was! I did laugh at your last post, I am sure that we could all think of a few people to donate to that couldn't we. xx

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  4. Wow what a night, but equally entertaining xoxo

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  5. You do tell a good story! I've never been on a ghost tour but always fancied it. Sounds like a very good night out indeed, apart from the overheated nightclub - I love to dance but am always glad I never have to set foot in a club again. x

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  6. I think you did a great job with the paracord bracelet - the thought of a monkey fist looking more like a monkey's bottom did make me laugh though - just because of your wonderful story telling though! Love Kate from greedy for colour. xx

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  7. Great fun on the Ghost Night we have been on a few here in Derbyshire but the spookiest was a speaker I heard at a dinner talking about his experiences of ghost hunting in Derbyshire! It was a winters evening, very cold and dark and the room we were in was very dark. You could feel the ghost walking around the tables!!!! Many congratulations on passing with your Dissertation. I know its late!!! It has been hectic. Hugs, Susie & Treacle xx

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  8. I am NEVER going on a ghost walk! Too much of a scaredy-cat!! I was watching a ghostly episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures on Youtube last night on my laptop with earphones and yet out a piercing shriek as something jumped out and petrified my husband who had no idea I was watching anything!!! Oops! x

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  9. Sounded like a fun night out!!! I can not tell you the last time I was out that late!!! And how wonderful that you passed!!!! Wishing you a wonderful weekend!!! Nicole

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  10. Sounds like a fun night out anyway. Better than always at home.

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  11. Hi there :) I'm one of your Christmas Card Swap partners and am really looking forward to it. Please email me back at bourlandcs@msn.com so that we can get it all sorted out and going. I can't wait :) xoxo

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