Mostly Ghostly Tours

Top Hat & Tales - The White Lady of Comlongon: Happy Easter everyone and welcome to today's ghostly tale! Harking back to the 15th century, discover a dark episode in Comlongon's long and turbulent past...
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Happy Easter Folks! Wishing our friends, families, colleagues, stakeholders and everyone who kindly supports the team, a very Happy Easter! Sending love, peace and hope to you all - let's look forward to the days when we can get together again!
In the meantime, please stay home and stay safe folks x :)
Photo courtesy of Allan Devlin
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Thank you from Top Hat & Tales! Feeling overwhelmed by the kind support for our wee storytelling videos! Even when I've been at work or at the shops, people have stopped to share positive feedback and encourage me to continue with them. Look out on Easter Sunday for No. 8...
Spooky storytelling at a safe distance!
Thanks again everyone, take care x :)
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St Michael's Kirk, Gordon: Last year, we visited the old church of St Michael's, which dates back to 1897. Its simple style only serves to enhance St Michael's picture-perfect beauty.
It was rebuilt from an 18th century church and prior to this, a medieval place of worship was situated here.
We were struck by the stunning views surrounding St Michael's and its rather rather wild, exposed atmosphere, felt all the more keenly in the cutting wind of a January day.
... There is also an interesting feature in the form of a church bell inscribed: *'David Brown minister at Gordon ordered me to be fovnded Anno 1714 and refovnded me 1725. R M Fec' and cast by Robert Maxwell.
* Quote from Canmore website
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Tonight, we leave you with a rather moody, atmospheric view of one of our favourite castles - Sanquhar.
Stay home and stay safe folks. x
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Virtual Visit - The Old Kirk of Garvald: Reflecting on a wee recce around old Garvald Church in 2017. According to Canmore, the church became ruinous "when the parish of Garvald was annexed to Kirkmichael in 1660".
These beautiful foliage-entangled ruins resonate with history.
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Haunted Railways of Dumfries and Galloway: Hi folks, we're currently researching ghost stories of D&G's railway stations/lines (active and disused). Do any friends out there have a story to tell?
Thanks for your help!
Photo courtesy of James Carnochan
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Pink sunset over Criffel... An evening visit to Glencaple often reveals a beautiful sunset and this is one of our favourites, from 2015. The pink and purple hues have an almost dreamlike quality. Nice to look back over the archives and remind ourselves of joyful times.
Please share your happy snaps here! :)
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Top Hat & Tales - The Irongray Ghost: Join us for the seventh in our wee series of spooky tales, this time, off to Irongray Parish and a mysterious roadside apparition...
We welcome your personal stories and interactions!
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Top Hat & Tales - The Irongray Ghost: Join us for the seventh in our wee series of spooky tales, this time, off to Irongray Parish and a mysterious roadside apparition...
We welcome your personal stories and interactions!
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Bonnie blackbird at Dumfries' Deer Park: Autumn 2016, and while walking by the River Nith, we spotted this proud wee chap, who kindly posed for a photo before returning to a feast of juicy rowan berries! :)
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Grave of Marian Costine, Kirkbean: The old parish churchyard at Kirkbean houses a number of fascinating graves, and the grave of Marian Costine is one of its most remarkable.
The sculpture is well preserved, with the exception of a broken arm, and her hair is beautifully plaited. A verse carved above the female effigy, reminds us of death's inevitability. To the reverse, a winged soul and the following inscription:
"Here lyes Marian Costine, spouse to John Caird, Tenant in Ca...stlehill, who died March 1st 1756, aged 71."
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Looking back on a photo shoot at the amazing Museum of Lead Mining last year. The shoot, featured in Dumfries & Galloway Life, was designed to promote the inaugural Festival of Folklore.
We had a super time exploring the Museum and were blown away by the magnificent Miner's Library. Thinking of our friends up in Wanlockhead and Leadhills, and will look forward to meeting again. x
Photo courtesy of Allan Devlin
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Virtual Visit: Enchanting Waterfalls at the Routin Bridge... Wow, what a magical place! Today's #virtualvisit takes us back to 2018, and a beautiful location steeped in history and legends...
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Bonnie scenes in Dumfries on the way home from work today...
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Saturday Night Shout Out! Hello to all our dear friends out there - near and far. We hope you're keeping well, and send much love and thanks for your continued interest and support.
We'd also like to recognise the many truly amazing folk who are working hard to keep our communities safe and healthy - we salute you!
Take care folks. x :)
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Top Hat & Tales - Kirkmadrine Church: Today, we take you to the spectacular Rhinns of Galloway and Kirkmadrine Church. In addition to its remarkable history, the church is known for reports of strange activity...
Please keep sharing your ghostly tales! x
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Rainbow, near Dervaig. On a past visit to the beautiful Isle of Mull, we felt blessed to witness this glorious rainbow.
We hope it brightens your day! :)
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