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The Conservatory

The conservatory consisted of 2 small rooms at the back of the inn and overlooking a small beer garden. The first room was separated from The Lounge by 2 glass doors amd contained 3 small tables and numerous chairs.

The second room contained a large oval dining table which would seat approximately 15 people. There were also extra chairs situated around the room.

Medium Walkaround With Chris

Chris got the sense of The Hunt coming from the Conservatory area of the The Old Well Inn. He could sense riding clothes - boots and jodhpurs - and felt that perhaps a riding club had been associated at some point with the Inn. He could also sense the presence of numerous dogs in and around the conservatory - a few names were impressed upon him : John, Craig and Reg.

While Chris was telling us about the hunters who would associate here he stopped dead in his tracks and began to laugh. When pressed he just shuck his head and claimed a court jester had just skipped passed the entrance of the conservatory. The Old Well Inn backs onto Barnard Castle itself and so maybe once upon a time there were buildings here that were associated more with the castle.

Chris also picked up - for the first time this night - the presence of a stocky woman whose name was Irene or Eileen. She was old with grey silvery hair and was not strictly associated with the Inn but with one of the staff who worked there and she would visit at times. Chris would come across Irene/Eileen a couple of times that night. We asked the staff members who were present if she was familiar but nobody could give a positive answer.

Group 1 Report : Rachel Sean Maureen Dianne Dale

We felt that the area of the Conservatory was quiet.

Dianne did pick up on a woman called Dolly, Dorothy or Doreen - she couldn't be any more accurate than that. She sensed this - not in spirit - but more as a flash back. The lady had her hair tied up in a bun and was wearing a high collared lilac dress which fell to the floor.

Maureen could sense running water underneath where she was sat witin the conservatory.

Group 2 Report : Nikki Pam Helen Kay

We found the conservatory area to be quiet of any activity, however, we did do a table tipping experiment and gained some positive results.

Other than that, Nicola kept hearing the sound that dried flowers make when they rustle together from within the room with the large dining table.

Group 3 Report : Jay Sue Darrin James Maxine

Jay picked up a cold spot and a draft within the main conservatory are and Darrin and Sue confirmed the cold spots independently.

A little late, Jay thought he could hear breathing, Darrin then confirmed it, then Sue and finally the other two members of our group. After a short while investigating, we determined that the sound was actually coming from another room and was in fact another group performing a glass seance.

Sue reported a tapping noise in response to a request she made while calling out. When we asked for an acknowledgement that the tapping was made by spirit, James then reported hearing a noise near to where he was sat.

Whilst in the room, Sue reported a pain in her left side shoulder for whole time she was sat in the conservatory.