{"id":1185,"date":"2011-10-18T11:49:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T11:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2011-10-18T11:49:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T11:49:50","slug":"experience-llandaffs-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/18\/experience-llandaffs-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience Llandaff\u2019s ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Get spooked on a Cardiff Ghost and History Walk<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1199\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1199\" title=\"Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1199\" title=\"Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Active_3_GraveShadow_Big_RH-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snapping twig, or torchlight on a gravestone can unnerve the most levelheaded of people. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Take a two hour walk through field, forest, and Coffin Alley in Llandaff to discover spooky happenings, an imposing cathedral, and old graveyards, all narrated by storyteller extraordinaire, Jim Cowan.<\/p>\n<p>The first walk happened two years ago, and nobody turned up. Yet today Jim says he is turning people away. Jim is not a medium or Cardiff\u2019s answer to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bk92uHTeRuM\">Derek Acorah<\/a>, but he is a wonderfully enthusiastic storyteller who captivates an audience with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, the walks provide the chance to experience a wholly different aspect of an area, and to learn some fascinating information.<\/p>\n<p>As Jim himself says, \u201cThere\u2019s atmosphere, history, and a hell of a lot of ghosts. This is theatre in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get spooked on a Cardiff Ghost and History Walk &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Take a two hour walk through field, forest, and Coffin Alley in Llandaff to discover spooky happenings, an imposing cathedral, and old graveyards, all narrated by storyteller extraordinaire, Jim Cowan. The first walk happened two years ago, and nobody turned up. Yet today Jim says he is turning people away. Jim is not a medium or Cardiff\u2019s answer to Derek Acorah, but he is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":1202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[593,594,595,596],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-ghost-walk","tag-history","tag-llandaff","tag-supernatural"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Experience Llandaff\u2019s ghosts - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/18\/experience-llandaffs-ghosts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experience Llandaff\u2019s ghosts - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Get spooked on a Cardiff Ghost and History Walk &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Take a two hour walk through field, forest, and Coffin Alley in Llandaff to discover spooky happenings, an imposing cathedral, and old graveyards, all narrated by storyteller extraordinaire, Jim Cowan. 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