I'm sure that there are many of us who have experienced weird things so thought I would start off by sharing this with you as I have never been able to explain it rationally....................Many years ago in the 1980s I, with a male colleague, accompanied a group of students on a week's RE Course to Woodcote Hall in Shropshire. I had my own room in the girls' section.I remember it was May as our Wedding Anniversary was on the Thursday of that week. The first night I awoke in the early hours and the room was freezing. I had to get out of bed and put on my dressing gown which I then slept in............. I woke up after a restless night and remembered that I had heard a tapping sound, faintly at first and then getting nearer and fading away. It sounded like a walking stick. I didn't say anything at breakfast and when the pupils went for activities etc I went to the library to tackle some A level marking. I knew I couldn't be late for lunch as no-one could start until everyone was there............This was a good way of ensuring punctuality from the students but it applied to the Staff also. I looked at my watch and to my horror saw that I was an hour late!!!Panic-stricken I ran downstairs and saw my colleague Pete who had been for a walk in the grounds. He told me it wasn't lunch time. I told him about my watch and he was as nonplussed as I was. I then adjusted it to the correct time. I must say that this watch was a gold Accurist and was a 21st birthday present from my mother. It had kept perfect time since then and the only adjustments I made were in October and Spring.






Panic-stricken I ran downstairs and saw my colleague Pete who had been for a walk in the grounds. He told me it wasn't lunch time. I told him about my watch and he was as nonplussed as I was. I then adjusted it to the correct time. I must say that this watch was a gold Accurist and was a 21st birthday present from my mother. It had kept perfect time since then and the only adjustments I made were in October and Spring.
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