A lovely springtime picnic at Fountains Abbey. But is everything as it seems ? ...
Another adventure from our Yorkshire Dales vacation last week was a trip to the picturesque Fountains Abbey, and WOW, what a sight it was as well. Look at that view will you !!
The weather was glorious, so we couldn't resist stopping for a little family picnic on the grass whilst taking in the breathtaking scenery. Ruby and Emma loved having the chance to run around and play outdoors as well. It really was a perfect day :) .
Whilst enjoying our little picnic though, we started hearing some lovely quiet musical chanting, carried over in the wind. We assumed it must be a recording playing from inside the abbey, or perhaps a choir was in the ruins singing ? It was faint but very pretty indeed, and certainly added to the atmosphere of this GRAND location. I didn't think anything more about it at the time though, and instead enjoyed the rest of our day exploring the grounds ...
Funnily enough however, when we returned to the holiday cottage later that evening, we all remembered the chanting sounds again, but none of us could figure out where it'd come from ? There were no speakers in the abbey ruins, and there were hardly any people there except us either. Certainly not enough to form a choir ... Ooooh-errrrr ?? ... After a quick internet search though, we soon discovered that what we'd heard was not a recording, nor any REAL people singing, but it was a ghostly choir of monks, which supposedly has been heard on rare occasions chanting in the Chapel of Nine Altars at the abbey !!!
Eh ?? ... Ooooooh-errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!
Flippin HECK !!! We weren't 'arf rather shocked to discover that, I tell ya ... CREEPY !! Ooooh, I've just had a touch of a cold shiver down my little plastic spine whilst recalling it now too. Brrrr.
Anyway, Rocky and I decided it was best not to tell the little-ones what we'd discovered. After all, we'd had a wonderful day out, and in truth the ghostly chanting we'd heard didn't sound menacing or eerie. If anything it was more peaceful and and contented. So if there are spirits in the ruins of Fountains Abbey, I'd say they're rather benign and not a threat to anyone.
What an unusual experience though, hey ? ;)
Still more to come from our holiday another day though ....
You can check out my blog about my life as a Disney doll, including many many photos of my adventures, on my facebook page here ... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ella-The-World-According-to-a-Disney-Doll/150797015075007
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