A Haunting Break in Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

Do you believe in ghosts? You just might startNot surprisingly, this area abounds in ghostly
after staying in one of the many spooky bed andsightings and the guests of one bed and
breakfast options available in the United Kingdom.breakfast establishment report supernatural
Terrifying tales abound, including this unnervinghappenings in their rooms, including ghost children
sighting, reported at a bed and breakfast in Wales.with a young lady, a Georgian gentleman and
Guests report seeing the ghost of an unknowneven a creature similar to the Goat of Mendes.
lady who prefers gentlemen to women! One night,Guests also report unexplained noises, smells and
an unfortunate couple awoke to find that thechanges in temperature.
female guest experienced her hair being pulled soThe Roman city of Chester is home to many
violently that she was dragged from her bed,ghostly sightings and a local inn is said to be
whilst her partner had felt an unseen hand gentlyhaunted by the ghost of a Roman Centurion and
stroke his face! The shocked female eventuallythe sound of marching feet. The marching sound
returned to bed and to her horror the followingcan be heard going through the length of the first
morning discovered that her night clothes werefloor, which is split into about 14 rooms. The walls
soaked with water; the bed and surroundingsdo not appear to impede the footsteps. The inn is
were completely dry.thought to have been built on the site of a
The most haunted village in England is reputed toRoman cemetery in what was the old Roman
be Pluckley, an idyllic spot in the heart of the Kentcity. Lincoln, York, Exeter, Winchester and
countryside and there have been at least 42Leicester bed and breakfast owners are among
ghostly sightings here. A medieval farmstead inthose whose guests have also reported hearing
the village has been converted into bed andor seeing marching Roman centurions.
breakfast accommodation and seems to be atWhilst the prospect of sharing your room with an
the centre of many of these sightings. The ghostuninvited guest from "the other side" might be an
of a farmer who shot himself in 1900 is reputedunwelcome one for the majority of us, there are
to haunt the old dairy, a highwayman who wasmany ghost "junkies" out there who relish the
stabbed to death in the nearby woods is said toprospect of a supernatural experience and who
haunt the guest lounge and there is a poltergeistactively seek haunted places to stay in all over
that moves things around in the night. There isthe country. So whether you are the owner of a
also a strange old man who resembles Stalin whoeerie guesthouse on an isolated moor, or the
walks around in the barn.proprietor of a Leicester bed and breakfast
Surrounding the village of Avebury in Wiltshire,where things go bump in the night, if may well be
there are a myriad of Neolithic and bronze ageworth capitalising on the fact and marketing your
sites, not to mention the famous Avebury stoneaccommodation accordingly.
circle, smaller cousin of the grander Stone Henge.