Thursday 31 October 2019

Happy Spooky Halloween

You may remember my Spooky Halloween post from last year where I took you on a tour of the grounds of Lotherton Hall where they'd put on a Spooky Scarecrow Trail. This has been going for a few years now, but last year they decided to extend their opening hours into the evening to make it even spookier with a scary walk through the haunted woods. We went during daylight hours last year but we decided we'd be brave this time and went after dark. Some of my photos look like daylight but it's because I used the flash on my camera, it was actually very dark.

The first thing we came to were the wooden cabins by the car park which have all been decked out as Spooky Wild West. Some new cowboys were just arriving in town.


I think they were just in time to join the cookout.


They'll probably want to join in with a hand of cards later on.


Or perhaps they'll just enjoy some time in the saloon.


All needs are catered for, though the public conveniences could do with a dust looking at the number of cobwebs.


They'll need to have their wits about them though, not everyone gets out of here alive.


If they don't want to join the cookout they can always purchase a burger or hot dog, though on second thoughts I don't think the chef will be up to making them.


After exploring Dodge City we set off to explore the haunted woods.

Unfortunately, the lanterns they'd got strung from tree to tree were only working at the entrance to the woods. The spotlights they'd got trained on the exhibits weren't working either. It turned out to be a spookier walk than was intended as it was pitch black. Mick had to use the torch on his phone so that we could see where we were going and we missed so much of what we were supposed to see.


This was at the start of the trail and looked very spooky in the dark.


I jumped out of my skin when these monks started chanting.


There were lots of scary and spooky things hiding in the trees but unless Mick managed to pick them out with his torch we ended up missing them.


A scary mummy dangling from a tree.


It's such a shame that the lights were out. We always enjoy the events at Lotherton, they really do make an effort with them, and I thought visiting the Spooky Halloween Trail in the dark would really add something to it, but unfortunately, without lighting it was just too dark to see much of anything. Oh well, there's always next year.

Happy Halloween!

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  1. What a great spooky trail. It's such a shame the lights weren't working but it certainly added to the spooky vibe.
    Happy Hallowe'en! X

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    1. It was more spooky than intended walking through those woods, I can tell you. Happy Halloween to you too.

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  2. It's a shame about the lighting, looks like a good event. Oliver loves Halloween and has been to a few events this week, he would love this :-)

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    1. I think this is a very popular event for children, they all seem to love it.

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  3. Good post and pictures. Shame that the lanterns and spotlight weren't working.
    Thanks, and for you too. xx

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    1. It was a shame that the lighting wasn't working. The event ran all week so I hope it was just the one night and that everything went to plan the rest of the week.

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  4. Such fun! Such a shame, that the lights were not working for that last part though.

    Around here, they have many Halloween things, and one is the Haunted Hayride. I wanted to do that, and we did, a few years ago. -grin- Good thing I did it then! I'd not be able to climb up in the hay wagon now. -giggles-

    Have a Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain....

    😊 😊 😊 😊

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    1. Haunted Hayride, that sounds like fun. Celebrating Halloween is quite new to us here in the UK, it wasn't something we did as children but it had become popular by the time I'd had my children.

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  5. Oh boy sounds a bit too scary for me! Looks like a great trail what a shame the lights weren't working.

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    1. It was a great shame, I hope they got them working again for the rest of the week.

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  6. What a shame about the lights, clearly someone has put in a huge amount of work and what a pity you could not see it all.

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    1. It is a pity, but we enjoyed what we saw, and Archie enjoyed his walk. I had to keep him away from all the bones though, haha.

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  7. Ooh yes, extra spooky with the no-light situation. It must have all been slightly surreal. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend & take care.

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    1. I'm glad Mick had the torch on his phone, we wouldn't have been able to see where we were going otherwise.

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    1. It's such a fun event. They put on some great stuff throughout the year.

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  9. What a shame the lights weren't working. Bet it got really scary. I love the cowboy theme.

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    1. I thought the wooden cabins had been decorated so well in the Wild West theme, very clever.

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  10. What a lot of effort they put into their displays, such a shame about the lighting. I´m not a fan of the dark, plus the spooky theme probably would have had me running lol xcx

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    1. It was especially spooky without the lights, just a shame that we couldn't see much of anything though.

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  11. Oh MY! I don't enjoy being scared, so not sure I would have enjoyed being there in the dark; but with your pictures and the flash...I felt better. Some pretty well done decorations. Got a kick out of the out house!
    Sandy's Space

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    1. They really made an effort with it, such a shame that the lights were out. Ha ha, I did laugh at the outside loos!

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  12. Love the first few photos, the spooky scenes look fun. Pity the lights weren't working for the rest of it though, it looks like a lot of time and effort had gone into doing the displays.

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    1. Lotherton put on some great events throughout the year and as we buy an annual pass, we try to support as many of them as we can. It's a shame the lights weren't working, I just hope they got them sorted out for the rest of the time the event was on.

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  13. Sounds a bit too spooky for me!

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    1. I think it would have been fun if the lights had been working but it was definitely spooky in those woods in the dark.

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  14. Lovely spooky exhibits! Shame the lights weren't working but it certainly made it all the more spooky. I'd have died hearing the chanting though.xxx

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    1. I jumped out of my skin when the monks started chanting, especially as they were in the part without lighting.

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  15. Spooky trails can be such fun, and this looks great!
    A shame the lights weren't working properly, I guess it really did add to the spookiness!

    All the best Jan

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    1. It was definitely spooky without the lights, it'll be fun next year seeing what it's like with the lights working.

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  16. What a shame about the lights. It does look like good fun though.
    xx

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    1. They put on some great events, it's a shame that the light weren't working on this occasion though.

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