Bodmin Jail

I have just been corresponding with Mark Rablin, host and paranormal investigator at Bodmin Jail who has invited us to come and check out the site when we are in Cornwall. Hell yes!!! He has promised to take us through even if there are no tours available. Ohh!!! A private visit and time to spend wandering around the old site and meet the resident ghosties.

This is a write about about it:

Bodmin Jail has a very dark and sinister past which has made it popular with tourists and ghost-hunters alike.

This ominous and foreboding 18th Century stone building was built in 1776 to house the county prison. It was the first jail to hold inmates in individual cells and famously carried out grisly public executions by hanging until 1862, 55 in total!

This mid-Victorian prison was also home to the Crown Jewels, Doomsday book and other national treasures during the Great War.

The prison's dramatic and ominous history has brought it to the attention of many paranormal investigations and was recently a location for the popular Living TV's Most Haunted.

The prison finally closed in 1927 and since then has become a popular tourist attraction with fascinating exhibitions telling of the 150 years of torture and punishment which took place in this dark and mysterious place. 

Just for you Gayle - we will go during the day ok?! I am sure that if the ghosties are there they will greet us at any hour.

 

A little light reading

Just a little light reading received from my navigator Gayle - apparently she drives and I plan the journey! Where do we go and what do we see?
There is so much to choose from!
One thing I did organise today was my National Trust of Australia renewal  - this will get us a cheaper entry into all of those castles and heritage buildings in the UK that we want to go to.
Another thing we have done is finally decided on our first 3 night accommodation in London.
London being notoriously expensive it was a huge decision about where to stay - but as we are sticking to a tight (tight as a camel's arse in a sand storm tight!) budget, I finally went with the 'Ibis' at Whitechapel.
Its a couple of km's out of the city,but then everything is, unless you have a spare couple of 100 pounds per night right where all the action is!
Tripadvisor is an eye opener - worth a look at before booking anything overseas.
Stories of thick dirt on floors, disappearing or non existent staff, no towels, walls being so thin that you can hear the people in the next room talking all night, etc..etc..
The Ibis has a bus out the front of the Hotel and the underground is not far. Hopefully that will get us where we want to go. We have to start somewhere!
Hopefully I have made the right choice.

 I guess we will also be close the the Jack the Ripper tours which we are hoping to do.
 http://www.jack-the-ripper-walks.com

Might have to stick to a day tour due to Gayle's propensity to say sh*t and that will come thick and fast on all of our night time escapades.

Welcome to the "Sh*t Scared team!

Well we have gone and done it! We have booked ourselves on an adventure of a life time - 3 weeks in England and Scotland. This will end up in tears!
Meet the Sh*t Scared team -

Renata Daniel - Paranormal investigator, researcher, tour guide - well past her prime and definitely not willing to age gracefully and quietly into the night.

 Gayle McDonald - Midwife, says "sh*t" a lot, navigator, chief medical specialist on this journey and travel bitch.

Join us through our adventures leading up to this trip - our attempts at making logical decisions, our blind faith at believing that we actually know what we are doing and our seriously fun escapades when we finally hit the UK!

Wish us the best of Luck - we will need it!