And so it twas the Night Before All Hallows Eve and the marsh played host to a number of suitably creepy conjurations with the family walk not long after sundown seemingly going without a hitch or the loss of any small people. There was a distinct lack of screaming or crying and I am unsure as to whether this means it was a success or not but I believe that the same number of humans left as started...
And while Chris Tyas held and hypnotised his captive audience in the centre to listen to the wonders of Wallasea, the Late, Great and slightly past his best Baron Boris was conducting (with his glamorous Vamp and Witch Assistants) a tour of his estate with an intrepid band of miscreants whose survival through to the end was more about luck than judgement on his part.
An assortment of very wild life was encountered on the stroll along the normally quiet and leafy Cordite environs which included:
A suppurating and very noisome Ex (in every way) convict who had perished on site as a result of a nasty train derailment and some sort of dissolving ailment
A vaguely humanoid Tailless Gasping Salamander
The seldom seen Lumberwolf
The High Speed Rabbit and even quicker Intercity Hare, several highflying species of Gargantuan Bats (complete with navigation bioluminescence), the similarly attributed Aerial Glowworm. Nocturnal Bees were heard towards the main gate and the smell of the Pungent Fox was encountered... under foot.
A breeding pair of Bridge Trolls
Innumerable Invisible Owls - well obviously no photos! Doh!
The incredibly disturbing Wheresmyteddyonocerous
The lonely Beacon-head Demon (although given what he did to Flash Man that solitary vigil could soon be over)
the Sobbing Ivy Troll
and let us not forget the refuge the party sought in Dr G. Inger’s little lab of what turned out to be still twitching body parts....
So all in all an entertaining and moving experience (the spare pants were handed out)...
Have a Great Halloween...
31-10-10
oh and cheers to Robert Bradley and David Brown for the images and for the whole team for putting on such a good show...
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer