Lumley Castle

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:54 am

We are going there a week tomorrow Sunday 1st June:D Just for one night, but its a murder mystery night, never been to one of those before, so im really looking forward to it:D we also get an evening meal and brekkie of course.

Anyway if you click on the link before it takes you to Lumley Castle web site,, have a look its bloomin gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!:-6

www.lumleycastle.com

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:28 am

oh Kaz that is beautiful!:-6

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:29 am

Hope6;873566 wrote: oh Kaz that is beautiful!:-6

it is int i... i can wait to go there, its not even far from me only about 15 mins in the car:driving::D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:30 am

By the way

has anyone else ever been to a murder mystery night:-2

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:30 am

Oh, a murder mystery night, you must tell us your adventures afterwards!

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:32 am

chonsigirl;873569 wrote: Oh, a murder mystery night, you must tell us your adventures afterwards!

Oh i will:D Im not really sure exactly what to expect, but im thinking it should be fun:-3:wah:

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:32 am

No I haven't been to a murder mystery night Kaz...but it sounds fabulous.

Tell us all about it when you return and have fun:-4

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:52 am

Kathy Ellen;873665 wrote: No I haven't been to a murder mystery night Kaz...but it sounds fabulous.

Tell us all about it when you return and have fun:-4

I will Kathy,,, its what my husband got me for my birthday:D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:09 pm

JAB;873689 wrote: I have but not an overnight one like you'll be doing. Mine was an evening one over dinner. I thought it was a lot of fun even if I didn't figure out who the murderer was!

ooo how does it go then? is it like a little play with clues?:-3

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:12 pm

JAB;873701 wrote: Well, we obviously knew it was going to happen at the dinner but they don't tell you when the mystery actually starts or when you should start paying attention to the clues.

We came in and they allowed folks to sit with your own group of friends and form up teams of 4 or 5. What they didn't tell us is that the wait staff and courtesy staff were dropping hints that had direct effect on the murder mystery. It wasn't until afterwards that we realized that from the moment we walked in, we were in the play. There is a program of sorts but you're fooled into thinking that's when the mystery starts when actually it started as soon as you walked in the door.

oh it sounds great fun!! god i wont be able to pay attention to hubs my dinner or anything:wah::wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:22 am

JAB;873853 wrote: This was about 7 or 8 years ago that I went so I'll be curious if it's at all similar. Enjoy it and please do report back.

I will do ,, thanks:D

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:25 am

Oh how exciting, I've always wanted to go on one of those, I hear they are brilliant fun, though some are quite hard to figure out.

As far as I know it is like a play, where you work together to try and crack the murder that is acted out over the night, (usually the one you least expect - remember that!)

Sounds like a real blast, so please do let us know what happens Kaza!! :-6

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:26 am

chrisb84uk;876198 wrote: Oh how exciting, I've always wanted to go on one of those, I hear they are brilliant fun, though some are quite hard to figure out.

As far as I know it is like a play, where you work together to try and crack the murder that is acted out over the night, (usually the one you least expect - remember that!)

Sounds like a real blast, so please do let us know what happens Kaza!! :-6

ye its gonna be fun i think:D did you have a look at the castle too

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:31 am

Well I had a quick look at some of the pics, and it does look stunning. Funnily enough my gran just came back from somewhere very, very similiar just in our area, and she loved it!

A lot of these rural castles or old buildings that have been turned into a hotel of sorts, tend to be beautiful. She was telling me that her bedroom was just a bit smaller than a whole floor of our house!!!

Not to mention the service she got there, sounded more like something out of a fairy tale in truth!!

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:33 am

chrisb84uk;876203 wrote: Well I had a quick look at some of the pics, and it does look stunning. Funnily enough my gran just came back from somewhere very, very similiar just in our area, and she loved it!

A lot of these rural castles or old buildings that have been turned into a hotel of sorts, tend to be beautiful. She was telling me that her bedroom was just a bit smaller than a whole floor of our house!!!

Not to mention the service she got there, sounded more like something out of a fairy tale in truth!!

ooooooo can u remember the name of it:-3

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:37 am

I'm pretty sure it was something like Brockencote Manor or something along those lines. She only showed me a few photos and a brochure so I don't know lots about it, other than what she told me.

From what I hear though it's supposed to be lovely, and they treat you like royalty, something that more modern/chain branch of regular hotels tend not to do obviously.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:46 am

chrisb84uk;876212 wrote: I'm pretty sure it was something like Brockencote Manor or something along those lines. She only showed me a few photos and a brochure so I don't know lots about it, other than what she told me.

From what I hear though it's supposed to be lovely, and they treat you like royalty, something that more modern/chain branch of regular hotels tend not to do obviously.

Oh right, sounds great! I have stayed in a castle before,, Chillingham Castle..(apparently one of the most haunted Castles in England)

heres a link if you want it;)

http://www.chillinghamcastle.co.uk/Cast ... =2&V=1&P=2

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:50 am

Wow that looks lovely thanks for the link!

The detail that are in those rooms and the wonderful gardens and surrounding countryside, I can see why you loved your stay so much!

Though I'm not sure as to whether I would want to spend a day in a true haunted house, to scared for that! :wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:53 am

chrisb84uk;876227 wrote: Wow that looks lovely thanks for the link!

The detail that are in those rooms and the wonderful gardens and surrounding countryside, I can see why you loved your stay so much!

Though I'm not sure as to whether I would want to spend a day in a true haunted house, to scared for that! :wah:

ah well you see... i didnt know it was haunted when we stayed there

... but i was pretty spooked on my last night there:-3 It was a fantastic place to stay... but i wont be going again:wah:

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:54 am

Oooh did tell what happened to spook you then, or are you trying to forget that part from your memories?

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:59 am

chrisb84uk;876232 wrote: Oooh did tell what happened to spook you then, or are you trying to forget that part from your memories?

well although we were right on the top floor of the Castle,,,, someone knocked on the bedroom window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!!!! i had my husband looking all over that place with the lights blaring in all the rooms :wah: i couldnt settle for ages after that,,,, thing is he knew it was supposed to be ahunted,,, but never said owt to me cos he knew i wouldnt be happy,,, and even after that happemed he still never told me,,,, it was about a year later when i found out:sneaky:

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:04 am

kazalala;876233 wrote: well although we were right on the top floor of the Castle,,,, someone knocked on the bedroom window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear!!!!!!!!!! i had my husband looking all over that place with the lights blaring in all the rooms :wah: i couldnt settle for ages after that,,,, thing is he knew it was supposed to be ahunted,,, but never said owt to me cos he knew i wouldnt be happy,,, and even after that happemed he still never told me,,,, it was about a year later when i found out:sneaky:

Crikey that would of kept me up all night had I known about it being haunted! I suppose you must have nerves of steel to stay asleep during that or to not be worried. Certainly not something I have!!

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:06 am

chrisb84uk;876236 wrote: Crikey that would of kept me up all night had I known about it being haunted! I suppose you must have nerves of steel to stay asleep during that or to not be worried. Certainly not something I have!!

:wah:me either...hence why i wont be staying there again

D

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:07 am

Hehehe definately can't blame you, certainly something that you would want to find out in other future places you may want to stay at. I'm glad you enjoyed it though, despite the scares! :-6

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:14 am

well we had a great night and enjoyed it immensley:D the Castle was beautiful ,, full of lovley old furnitture,, paintings,, staues etc. little corridors running off everywhere, and all the staff were dressed the part too. the Murder mystery was great fun,, and nooooooo we didnt solve it:-5:wah: and we had a copper on our team!!!!!!!!:rolleyes: it was great fun though and very entertaining,, our meal was really nice although a litle bit nouvea cuisine Ish, but it was vert tasty,, we met some nice people, had drinks, ate, had fun, a good evening all round.and we also had a great brekkie before we left this morning. I will definately go back there again ,,, they hold banquets etc. or you can just go for a meal or Sunday lunch etc.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:09 am

Idgie;879796 wrote: Sounds like you had a fantastic time Kaz!

Glad you enjoyed it!

yes it was thanks:-4

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:08 am

JAB;880365 wrote: Don't feel bad - we didn't solve our murder mystery either! :wah: Glad you enjoyed it. It's something I'd like to do again too. I've heard some cruise lines have murder mystery cruises. Now how cool would that be?!

That would be cool

i have been on a cruise, but not a murder mystery one:DIt was excellent though:)