Its official Bedfordshire has been voted as the worst county in England. Cornwall (who many Cornish don’t accept is a county in England) was voted the best county.
Its just a bit of fun but Bedfordshire does have a quality all of its own (some might say no quality 🤣)
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It's almost here! Weird in the Wade's 3 year anniversary episode! And it's all about the paranormal sleep over at the Golden Pheasant, Biggleswade's most haunted pub! (Warning the video does contain some flashing images.) Thanks to Michael Doyle Films find his YouTube in link below 1/2
Mangled dented roof and windows of rusting structure.
Rusting end of structure with door way.
Anyone know what this might have been? It’s lying mangled near some abandoned barns north of Biggleswade.
Tess has put another fabulous video up to the Black Shuck theme she composed for the Weird in the Wade Live Show you can watch it here:
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If you enjoyed this week's episode of Weird in the Wade which featured Kevin O'Shea why not give his podcast Supernatural Japan a listen? Check it out wherever you get your podcasts but on Apple here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Me wearing glow stick glasses and necklace and a hat. I'm smiling and holding two drinks one of which is bright blue.
Just a heads up to my lovely Patrons over on Patreon I'll be holding a three year anniversary Zoom Get together - yes weird in the wade is turning 3 soon! If you're not part of the Patreon it's just £3.50 a month to support the show and get extra content!
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A skeleton of a human and a dog sitting at a bar.
A bar with big windows looking out on to the High Street, tables and chairs and a sloping floor.
Haunted pub anyone? Who's stayed in a haunted pub? I've now stayed in a couple. The Golden Fleece in York, The Golden Pheasant in Biggleswade. This week's episode is all about haunted pubs and the next episode is all about the paranormal sleepover I had at the Golden Pheasant! Link to listen below
Thank you for coming and for your amazing photographs.
And check out Katharine's wonderful photography on her website as well. www.katharinehillphotography.com
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The wonderful new photographs of my ghost walk were taken by the fabulous @katharinehillphoto.bsky.social
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Me wearing a large jumper and trousers with a golden cloak I'm holding a large walking stick and my hair is being blown by the wind. In the foreground is a figure wearing a back coat with the hood up. Behind me is a wall.
I'm standing in front of a cafe with a large sign saying Jones. I am wearing a gold cloak and ghost earrings.
More Biggleswade Ghost Walk dates have been added over on Eventbrite! Join me in May for the usual Biggleswade Ghosts and Ghouls walk. On the summer solstice Sunday 21st June join me for a special midsummer version of the ghost walk with new and different stories to celebrate the summer! 1/3
Every fibre of my social historian’s being is twitching at this story…
Ooh looks great.
Me standing in front of a very large bronze statue of a seated Buddha there are many people behind me having their photographs taken. I am wearing a denim skirt and flowery shirt and I have blonde shoulder length hair. There are very green trees all around in the background.
Shelves outside a pub with fake or replica food and beer placed on them including a spaghetti dish ice-cream a pizza, meat and potatoes.
A different bar window with a shelf of many different replicas of beer and lager.
This week's episode of weird in the wade is a kind of love letter to pubs especially haunted pubs from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, North America and Japan. I've been lucky enough to visit Japan several times and plan to explore some more Japanese ghost stories in the future! Link to episode below
Oh wow that’s scary!
Send Lisa your Dublin haunted pub stories!
A cute white and tan Jack Russel terrier sitting at a wooden pub table. She's wearing a pink collar and as large brown eyes.
A long slim black grey hound is laying on a stripy settee on a burgundy coat and flowery bag.
Meet Millie and Twiggy the dogs who live at The Whistle and Flute in Biggleswade. They joined me and landlady Theresa as we chatted about the history and haunting experiences which have happened at the pub over the years. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
Here's the show notes and photographs from today's episode all about haunted pubs from Biggleswade to Japan via North America!
Theresa the landlady is looking for any memories stories you have of the place (not just spooky)
The white front of the Whistle and Flute Pub with hanging baskets outside, a red pub sign and two men looking up at the pub one is pointing.
The inside of a Japanese Irish pub with dark wood, bar stools, tables made out of old barrels, wheels and other pub memorabilia on the walls, a dark wood bar and posters for beer.
From a Biggleswade boozer the lovely Whistle and Flute, to a Japanese Irish Pub along side a haunted Japanese Inn, Canadian haunted pubs and grills, to Dead Pubs of Bedfordshire, tomorrow's episode is all about Haunted Pubs! You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Me holding a glass of beer I’ve got long brown hair and I’m smiling.
An old photo of me enjoying a pint in an izakaya (pub) in Tokyo. In Monday’s episode of Weird in the Wade I explore local haunted pubs as well as ones as far afield as Canada and Japan.
I visited the archives today for some research for an episode due out in May.
Looking into the back room of a pub with a pool table in it.
Monday’s episode of Weird in the Wade is all about haunted pubs. From the Whistle and Flute in Biggleswade to North American and Japanese inns.
Pictures the pool table room at the Whistle where strange bangs are heard and a shadow figure seen.
Bryan standing under a wood beamed passage leading out into a yard. He’s holding a lantern on a stick and he’s wearing a waistcoat, shirt and jeans.
Bryan, me and Olie smiling in a pub after the walk.
Timber framed 16th century buildings with crooked windows and a yard of loose gravel.
Ampthill clock tower. Its fave is octagonal and glows eerily green in the night. The tower is white and on top of a red brick building.
Last night I joined Bryan (from the Coopers Hill episode) on his fantastic Haunted and Horrific ghost tour of Ampthill. It was a brilliant evening. Bryan’s walks get booked up 6 months in advance. Follow him on Facebook (Ampthill Ghost Walks) to find out more.
A delicate cluster of cowslips with their pale green stems and delicate yellow flowers against a backdrop of dark green.
If you enjoyed the photos I shared earlier of the cowslips then you might be interested in this blog post about them. They have some fabulous magical and folklore associations.
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A cluster of daisies in the sunlight with a dark green background
A cluster of cowslips with pale green and yellow flowers with a mottled dark green background.
A deep blue sky with a branch and pink blossom buds in the foreground.
We're having some lovely weather at the moment in Biggleswade and the spring flowers and blossom have been so early this year. I went for a walk to the Jubilee Orchard yesterday to take photos of the cowslips but the apple blossom is almost out too.
Close up of a tabby cat face with large green eyes and wire chin.
The face of the little minx who threw up on the bed at 4am this morning! Bank holiday Monday got off to a great start 😸
