"ghostly goings on" ~ {Explore} - a photo on Flickriver

Inspired by my recent disappearance in York!

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Explore #70 9th December 2011.

Well they say York is the most haunted city in the UK! And so it turned out to be! Gather round children and listen to my tale of wow oops woe!

www.york360.co.uk/ghost-walks-in-york.htm

It was a cold December evening and many folk had gathered outside the olde church or maybe it was York Minister, but I didn't see him. So an olde man started talking about tales of the past, of a sinister yet polished nature. However, before we could go any further we had to cross his ghastly hand ooops claw with 4 gold coins! (I know 4 quid for this!).

So the adventure started, along streets broad and narrow - ooops sorry wrong song! And then we heard tales of children trapped in houses and if by magic 3 of my colleagues had gone! On we crawled (it felt as painful as crawling!) in to the dark night. At this point I got 2 texts one from Phil (Gizto) & one from Mick (Fellwalker) so I didn't catch what happened next! Sorry!

So at this moment I felt a deathly cold all over me body, me legs went weak and my hand moved all by itself! Yes, I texted the lads and said where are you? Within seconds I had been whisked away, through cobbled streets and alleyways, past drunken rats and deathly plague to ..... Kennedys! Yes Kennedys bar! Aww yes the heat, the warmth, the friendly staff and football on my pals Iphone! Oh there is a god!

Sadly, our disappearance was noticed! Unfortunately the guide thought he'd add to the mystery of the night by doing a head count to pretend that we had to keep together to avoid the ghosts! I would have loved to seen his face when he said the words..."Oh! There seems to be 4 people missing?!" Bugger! we were rumbled!

Anyhow the moral of the story is, the next time someone in your team suggests a Ghost Walk in York is a good idea in December for a Christmas do you know what to tell them! ......Kennedys Bar!

Many thanks to the wonderful Buffarches & Nancy who have helped me with advice on textures and layers! Check out their streams!

www.flickr.com/photos/41144859@N07/
www.flickr.com/photos/nancello/

Also a huge thank you to skeletalmess for the use of one of his many free textures!

www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/

Enjoy your Christmas parties!

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Remember the exhibition:

For those of you in the North East of England - feel free to come along on the 9th Dec or at any time from 6th Dec 2011 till the 15th Jan 2012!

Where is the exhibition?

www.artscentrewashington.co.uk/production-details.aspx?id...

Which other photographers are taking part?

aramblewithamble.weebly.com/list-of-photographers1.html

Where can I see the video of the exhibition being set up?

www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Photography-By-Urban-Eyes/21410...

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / York (show map)

Taken on: December 7, 2011

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Explore #70 9th December 2011

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Camera: Nikon D80, f/3.8, 1/80 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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