Halloween Ghosthunting...

Quite how I ended up on the moors on Halloween in thick fog I'll never know. It all started after no doubt watching too much tv and thinking "hmm, that looks interesting" but never knowing what to do and where.

A favourite place of mine to visit is the wreckage of the plane "Overexposed", a B-29 Superfortress which crashed on Shelf Moor virtually on the summit in 1948 while delivering mail between 2 bases. During the day it's a great place with amazing views down the valley from the nearby trig point and a fascinating place to explore amongst the wreckage itself, although a little somber.

For those interesting in visiting, the OS grid ref is: SK 090 949. Care should be taken though as this is a remote and wild, desolate location even though it is only a couple of miles from the Snake Pass.

After reading Terry Abrahams blog about Ghostbusting on Kinder Scout I thought why not have a crack on the largest crash in the area!

Here's Terry's by the way: http://terrybnd.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/ghostbusting-on-kinder-scout.html?m=1

So, feeling a little inspired to try something different at a pretty familiar spot I spoke to my fellow lover of all things a little weird Greg. After what must have been 5 attempted trips (due to work commitments on both sides) we finally set off. I think the fact it was Halloween totally slipped our minds until we were about half way upto the top of Shelf Moor after parking at the Snake Pass summit. After this revelation I was half expecting to find a strange person with a large beard hugging the trig point or something but alas, not a soul was to be seen. Loving or not for the record...

Once we neared the summit from the South-East approach thick cloud descended. Already pretty grim and drizzly, visibility reduced to virtually zero and the temperature start to drop. With head torches on all you could see was a white mist 6 feet ahead, without, all there was to be seen were vague shapes on the horizon. Regardless, we pressed on as I knew precisely where we were and where we needed to be (plus the 6ft wide heavily walked path from the trig point is a dead giveaway).

We had a quick mooch around the wreckage(it was Gregs first visit) and paid our respects to the crew that perished in the crash then decided to investigate. I don't think the scene could have been any more of a Hollywood stereotype...pitch black, Halloween, cold and rainy weather, thick fog... Very eery but since we're such big, brave boys it didn't bother us in the slightest...honest.

Anyway! Out came the EMF meter. After walking around the larger parts of the wreckage nothing was registered on the meter unfortunately. We tried for about half an hour but to no avail. Feeling a little disappointed/relieved (delete as appropriate) we headed back to the car. While nothing out of the ordinary happened it was still a memorable trip out, even though it was a short excursion. Would I do it again though...absolutely and hopefully soon!