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Skipton Castle

31^st October, 2006.

Team: Joan, Wendy, Graham, Russ & Dawn.

Temp: 17.3°c (inside)

Humidity: 51%

Moon Phase: 66% full

Solar Rays: Normal

Geomagnetic Field: Quiet

Weather Conditions: Breezy & Intermittent Cloud, A Few Showers & Cold.

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Skipton Castle stands in all its original grandeur at the top of the high street in Skipton town centre.   It is reputedly over 900 years old and stands today much as it did when it was built; it remains to this day one of the best examples in the UK of a medieval castle.

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As we began to walk round the various rooms at the beginning of the castle, Graham commented on how he was picking up nothing what so ever, and I was starting to think that this was going to be no more than a pleasant look round this most wonderful castle.

But it was when we entered the Watch Tower, that Graham said he saw a male energy stood looking out of the window, which in turn looked down to what was the old chapple/church out side in the grounds.

I asked Graham what he could see and he described a man very smartly dressed in brown apparel, with what he describes as frilly cuffs and a frilly frontage to his shirt, with a waistcoat and a longer coat on top of that.  He had long hair, and was looking out the window for a lady called Anne.  (1629/39 came to mind).  I asked Graham how old this man would be and he said he would be in his 30’s.  The title of the “Earl of Thanet” also came to mind for this man.   (Which we verified by the usage of a mobile phone which connects to the internet).  We also verified that there was a lady called “Anne”, who fitted this time period).

From there we ventured down a spiral staircase that lead us to the main courtyard (conduit court) out side, from there we entered another part of the castle that takes you down to a basement level which is reputed to be the dungeon area, again Graham said that he was picking up an energy, this time of a woman who he said would be about 60 yrs of age, with the name of “Elizabeth Trent” she was there because people had thought that she was a witch.  The time period for this he said would be about the 1600’s.  Graham commented on how he was feeling very sick now.  He said that this woman had been nothing more than what would have been called a wise woman and or an herbalist.  She was taken from here and taken to water, where she was drowned (ducking stool). (I have found no mention of the name Graham came up with, but there is mention of a ducking stool and witches associated with Skipton and surrounding areas), he did say that she was grounded here and often walked the perimeter regions of the castle, he also made mention of a nickname for her of the “water witch”.

From there we headed in and out of various other rooms’ which offered Graham no feelings much of anything, until we then reached what is called the Norman Fighting Chamber South.

Here in this room Graham said he was picking up the energy of a small fellow who was probably only about 17 or 18 yrs of age and very small.  The name of Edwin Calvert came to mind and Graham commented on a pain in his chest at this point.  He said he felt this was a residual energy. (Once more we were able to verify that this information was correct via our mobile phone internet connection).

From there we had another walk round all the rooms and then drew things to a close as we had our second location to go to.

Bolton Abbey

The abbey is mainly a ruin of what once stood there in the 12^th century.  It was founded in 1151 by the Augustinian order, right next to the river Wharfe which runs at the foot of the Abbey remains.

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It was getting very cold as we arrived at Bolton Abbey and the sky was clear. We had a walk round the initial abbey remains then stood by the road that passes by the Abbey, to study an archway that I had commented on.  I could see a slightly misty area in the archway, but I couldn’t decide whether it was my eyes playing tricks on me.  Graham said he could see a dark outline of a tall person and Joan also said that she could see something.  We ventured closer to take a look but neither myself or Joan could see anything then, Graham was still picking up on the residual energy of this man, he said he did have connections with the abbey, and that he was from the order of monks that once resided there.  Nothing else was forthcoming at this point so we walked the ruins once more before deciding to bring things to a close, as people were getting very cold and tired by now.  Other than that one incident, nothing of any note happened or was felt there at this time.