Friday, 31 October 2014

Mary kings close

We went to Mary's kings close on the 31st of October, we were learning about the history of it we had to listen to everything the guide was saying about the ghosts and stuff.

We found out that they use to get taxed for having windows, they had to burn fish oil or animal fat for a smell in the room, I didn't think it was that interesting because I thought it was going to be scarier.

I think the dungeons will be better because its got more things to see we didn't really see anything and its more scary but we will soon see

I wouldn't have paid £12 for a ticket because I didn't think it was as good as they make it out to be.

Mary kings close

Today we visited Mary kings close we learned about what life was like in the 18th and 19th century the living condition and how where the lower class lived the was no sun light they had to if they had some money burn bees wax if the were skint the burned animal fat of fish oil. There was around 12 people living in these small rooms along with the smell of burning fish and body Oder there was also a bucket where people pood and peed and they could only empty their bucket 2 times s day once at 7am and the other at 10pm and they way the emptied there bucket was tossing it onto the street and shouting gardilo. The tour was informative but it was a bit over priced it was round about £13 but it was ok.

Mary Kings Close

Someone who likes history would enjoy Mary kings close.it thought me about ghosts and history in Edinburgh.i would not recommend people to spend 12pound for the tour the guids are very friendly but not funny

Mary kings close

Today we went to Mary's kings close it was quite boring but if folk liked history they would like it it's not worth the money I didn't have a favourite part I didn't like it because I don't like history 

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

The Vaults Ghost Tour

Today the group visited The Vaults ghost tour at Mercat Cross on the High Street, Edinburgh. The purpose of this attractions is finding out the history and ghosts who can be found in the Vaults under South Bridge. When we were there we saw the rooms where people used to live, especially the poor and criminals. We never really saw much in terms of an actual Ghost but it was pretty good to hear all the different stories. I found out about very scary people such as the Watcher and a man called Boots whom all the children were scared of. The guide was a bit stressful as she made me scared. The guide told us about how people went down there to hide from all the scary people like robbers, murderers etc.. I never really had a favourite part because I was too scared off seeing a ghost. The things I thought were not so good was when she said we may see people that are dead. The attraction costs £10.00 adults, £8.00 concession, £5.00 child , £25.00 family. I think it was a bad value for money because it didn't last that long. The attractions opening hours are Summer (April - October): 3.00pm daily, 5.00pm Saturday
Winter (November - March): 3.00pm daily. It took about an hour I think. I think the attraction would most appeal to tourists/all people. It's good because there is a lot of information to take in. I would give this attraction about 4and half out of 5. Afterwards we went to Starbucks for a hot chocolate and it wasn't as good as our previous coffee shop!

marcat tour

Today we met Liz who took us on a tour to the vaults under the South Bridge. We met her on the High Street and then we walked down to Blair Street and went into the vaults when we went in she told us about a little boy called Jack who was a ghost and the Watcher who terrorises anyone who lived in the vaults. There was a safe room in the vaults, which is where jack and the cobbler lived.

It costs £10 for an adult and £8 for a child I don't think it was worth it because it wasn't for long and I expected it to be a lot more scary.

Mercat tours

We had a tour guide called Liz for our Ghost tour of the Vaults in Edinburgh. She took us down under the South Bridge and we were in for a hour. I did not think it was scary and it seemed to go so fast. There were four ghosts to be found down there called jack , boots , the cobbler and the watcher . The prices were £10 for an adult and £5 for a kid . I think the people who would go there are tourists visiting Edinburgh.