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The Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor is One of England’s Most Haunted Hotels

October 20, 2020 By Tam Warner Leave a Comment

The Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor is One of England’s Most Haunted Hotels, take it from me!

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Growing up, I read every book by Daphne du Maurier, and could not get enough of stories that took place in the County of Cornwall, England. Books by Victoria Holt were also among my favorites, Mistress of Mellyn, Bride of Pendorric, and Menfreya in the Morning just to name a few. The desire to see that world has stayed with me always.

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I Have Been Haunted by Mystical Cornwall

October 31, 2017 By Tam Warner 13 Comments

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To say that I have been haunted by mystical Cornwall all of my life is an understatement! Just the name thrills me! Cornwall is a land where fairies, and piskies (“the little people”), and ghosts roam; where Percival threw Excalibur into Dozmary Pool; the birthplace of Arthur Pendragon (Tintagel) and the lovers Tristan and Isolde….and the setting of the novels I avidly read growing up. Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel, Jamaica Inn; and a host of novels written by Victoria Holt, aka Phillippa Carr, aka Jean Plaidy. While growing up my imagination took wing, and I could see the ghostly images of the Nine Maidens turned to stone because they danced on a Sunday; the Hurlers and the Pipers who were also turned to stone for the same reason; Jamaica Inn, home of wreckers and pirates and smugglers; the Mermaids of Zennor and Padstow. I will never forget the Cheesewring, a granite geological feature on Bodmin Moor which was created by giants; St Michael’s Mount, where a young boy named Jack led an angry Giant to his death. Yes, Cornwall is a land of magic! For All Hallows Eve this year, I will haunt you with my dreams and memories of Cornwall. [Read more…] about I Have Been Haunted by Mystical Cornwall

Fabulous Photos Friday: Cornwall, England

May 23, 2014 By Tam Warner 5 Comments

Cornwall! Just the name thrills me! Cornwall is a mystical land where fairies, and piskies (“the little people”), and ghosts roam; where Percival threw Excalibur into Dozmary Pool; the birthplace of Arthur Pendragon (Tintagel) and the lovers Tristan and Isolde….and the setting of the novels I avidly read growing up. Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel, Jamaica Inn; and a host of novels written by Victoria Holt, aka Phillippa Carr. My imagination took wing, and I could see the ghostly images of the Nine Maidens turned to stone because they danced on a Sunday; the Hurlers and the Pipers who were also turned to stone for the same reason; Jamaica Inn, home of wreckers and pirates and smugglers; the Mermaids of Zennor and Padstow. The Cheesewring, a granite geological feature on Bodmin Moor which was supposedly created by giants; St Michael’s Mount, where a young boy named Jack led an angry Giant to his death. Yes, Cornwall is a land of magic! (I will save the Arthurian locations for another photo blog as Cornwall, and England, have so many sites commemorating the events of Arthur’s legend).

I’m not sure how to explain how I felt when I arrived in Cornwall. It’s beauty and strange landscapes were much more than I had ever imagined! I booked Jamaica Inn, (a place known to be haunted by those killed by wreckers and pirates) for 3 nights, excited to explore the area of Bodmin Moor. The Inn frightened me to the point where we checked out the next morning and left! I don’t know if it is really haunted, or if it was just the knowledge and atmosphere of the evil carried out there by wreckers (men who lured ships onto the rocks, killed the crew and stole the ship’s cargo), but I couldn’t stand being there! There was just something….wrong, evil. Randy, my husband, and my two children, Ally and Wes, said they could feel it as well. I won’t be sleeping there again!

Randy at the incredible Minack Theater, built into the Cornish Cliffs

Wes on Bodmin Moor, the Cheesewring on the hill

One of many little waterways in Cornwall — One of many little waterways on the moors of Cornwall, so magical!

St George slaying the dragon, Zennor Church

uk 07 bodmin horsey — A pony roaming the moor

uk 07 little lamb on bodmin moor — A lamb gamboling about the moor

Happy as a pig in mud, Greeb's Farm, Land's End — Happy as a pig in mud, Greeb’s Farm, Land’s End

uk 07 lands end farm — Greeb’s Farm, Land’s End

Such a cute little goat! — Such a cute little goat at Land’s End

St Michael's Mount, home of the St. Aubyn Family — St Michael’s Mount, home of the St. Aubyn Family, and where Jack killed a Giant

Wes and Ally with visitors at our hotel in Penzance

Cornwall- Da and I — Randy and Ally at Land’s End

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