GHS Halloween special 2023

Today's entry will be work in progress as normally a blog is written before publication date and as I won't be around until late Sunday today's entry won't be fully prepped until later on today.

This is the most spookiest time of the year where around this neighbourhood we decorate our gardens with all manner of ghoulish from lanterns made from Pumpkins and massive spiders webs ready for parties which is where I've been for the last few days.

An interesting take on decorations of which there were a good many around the venue in places you might not of noticed.

All having arrived by around 1pm BST on Saturday we had a homemade burger before starting on the treasure hunt finding well hidden candy cones - one was in in the bonfire! -  with the aid of clues.

After that we decided to make our lanterns ready to light in evening, that bit did prove more a challenge given the weather but everybody put a lot into it.

*Photographed in spookyography.

Some used templates to make cats' -how apt! - and they turned out well.

After painting the halloween gingerbread with icing it was time to light the bonfire and start the fireworks show.

Unfortunately it was raining hard so we had to stay in a gazebo to keep dry apart from two that went to an adjacent greenhouse.

The rain caused a few issues with a couple failing to stay lit but when you saw spectacular effects like this it kinda made up for it.

We had a diy buffet meal with everybody bringing or making something toward it which was delicious and then a quiz with a general knowledge and music sections with clues which was fun.

There was much talking around various things until around 2am BST when miraculously we lost an hour and I got to sleep facing the fire. 

Sunday morning we all emerged for losing that hour and had a smoked bacon sandwich before going to the pub for a meal where I had turkey roast, sticky toffee pudding with cream and a pint of orange as I don't do alcohol.

We mainly walked back before sorting upcoming meet ups together for next year before making my way to the train station to go home.

A splendid time was had by all and thanks to Miss Green, Andi  and everyone for a great time together.