by eheard | Nov 30, 2024 | devon, folklore, ghost, halloween, hauntings, history, legends, paranormal
WARNING: GRAB A CUPPA OR A BEER – THIS IS A LONG BLOG AND ITS FULL OF GHOSTS! One thing that really surprised me when I started doing my latest research into the crumbling ruins of the sinister Devonshire castle, Berry Pomeroy, was just how many ghostly images...
by eheard | Nov 17, 2024 | history
Main photo by Ben McCloskey on Unsplash Ghost stories come to me in two main ways! Either someone I’m chatting to discovers I’m the creator of Weird Wiltshire and proclaims, ‘I’ve seen a ghost!’ Or they take time out of their day to send me their personal...
by eheard | Nov 6, 2024 | history
My fellow weirdos. This blog is a bit different to usual! Teaching is a career I considered many moons back and I think I probably would have chosen history. But, how do you go about it? Here’s a blog for you, just in case you fancy a new career! Teaching...
by eheard | Oct 30, 2024 | avebury, history, history of Wiltshire, wiltshire
By Professor Jasper Heathcoat-Beech You may have noticed I teamed up with Professor Jasper Heathcoat-Beech this year to launch our History and Mystery Walks. We’ve been to Avebury and Stonehenge. Each walk has been a lovely, happy time with likeminded new...
by eheard | Oct 16, 2024 | history, history of Wiltshire, Savernake, wiltshire
It’s October as I sit and write this. I just spent a muddy afternoon cycling around Savernake Forest. I dragged the family along for what they regarded as ‘torture’. Quite frankly, by the time we were 2.5 hours in, the moaning and whining was like torture to me!...
