The hunt begins

Finally, a chance to write about ghosts!

I've always had an interest in ghosts, and the paranormal. Not just watching horror films and reading horror stories (tho i do that too, James Herbert and Stephen king are my favourites!) But reading books about hauntings and haunted properties.

My mum, dad and brother had been on a ghost night at an old theatre, and they were invited to go on another one at ryecroft hall back in November 2011.

As this was my first time i didn't know what to expect. I had been told to wrap up warm, especially as there was snow expected, and to bring drink, food and a torch. The hall tho had left the heating on for us, so my four layers and extra thick socks weren't really needed.

I had made one mistake though. Eating a spicy chilli con carne before going hunting ghosts in quiet rooms is never a good idea, think my tum made more noise than some of the ghosts....

Ah yes, the ghosts. My reason for starting this blog. Unfortunately my memories of that night are a little bit sketchy, as i hadn't thought about making notes.

We started off in the basement, with all the people down there. A few bumps were heard, but difficult to distinguish them from people noises. Next we split up into smaller groups, and here was where the fun started.

We went into the library at first, just because no one else was in there and it seemed a bit atmospheric (in our opinion). We sat at a table with the ouija board, trying to get a response. The Goss was shuffling slightly but not moving, then my brother came over still upset, in tears about something. After he composed himself a bit we tried the board again and got a young girl whose mother had been hurting her because she got in the way if her new boyfriend. We played a game of ring a ring of roses with her and then said goodbye.

Next we went into a big hall. In here we spoke to another young girl who had died in the building. There is a big staircase in the middle that goes up two flights and she had fallen from the top.

Another spirit on the board in a different room was the father of a nasty spirit also at the hall (one we didn't come across but others mentioned). he was very unhappy with his son, and didn't like him.

We went out to one of the out buildings, where we 'spoke' to the head gardener from the past.

Unfortunately this is all i can remember from our time there. Maybe in future we will go back and I'll make some proper notes of names and years in the hope it will help someone confirm what they find

More soon, hopefully I've got more notes next time too  :-)

So much for ghost nights!

Ok, so the plan was to get back to writing up about my ghost night exploits, however, my other love Stockport County threw a curveball into that plan.

After a pretty poor performance tonight, which ended in a loss, the board have sacked the legend that is Jim Gannon. The man that has saved us and given us some of our best recent history is no longer the boss.

In honesty, I'm in turmoil about this one, part of me thinking it was the right decision. If you look at the facts. The team tonight was primarily players he had brought in, or made the decision to include. We have a right back playing really well, so we bring him off at half time and put a centre back there. One that only a select few believe can play in that position. It's not the only bad decision he has made over time, but with the players he has brought in, most thought we would be pushing for promotion, not staring at relegation. Plus, as a good friend said(well a fellow county fan who is a great dj, sacked in his prime whilst being the best way to wake up in the morning) it is a results business.

However, on the flip side, who is Going to come in and manage a team with no money, no direction, and after tonight's decision, very few fans. The board do not seem to understand where they want to take the club, and how to take it there. All seems to be about turning it into a profitable business, but without any success on the pitch, off the pitch will die. For that we need a manager with passion for the club, but he has now been sacked!

So what the future hold I don't know, and i'm worried it won't be good. Lets just hope I'm wrong. Signing off now as its late, but hopefully back to the ghost blogs soon

Night all

Blog Silence builds the suspense

Back again.

OK so I know its been a while since I updated my blog....I have my reasons. Just before Christmas we moved house...the actual week before. This made it quite a chaotic time. This coupled with the fact that B.T. are a waste of space, mobile signals, birthdays to help sort out and various other things meant it wasn't at the forefront of my mind. Will try harder in the future I promise.

After my last blog post (written on the metrolink whilst on my way for a well earned break) Stockport pulled their collective socks up, got a draw, and a win, and then a loss, but in all fairness we performed so much better in the draw. Tonight is the first home game since, so hopefully (if the game is on due to the freezing conditions) we will see the commitment we saw in the last home game and get a good result.

So I will try and be a better blogger this year. I've got so much to blog about. at least 3 ghost hunts (plus probably more by the time I get them done) plus a few rantings about various irks of mine.

But I will make sure the next one is a ghost one....honest