On an atmospheric October evening a group of Butterflies and their guests got into the Halloween spirit on a ghost walk in Guildford, which dates to Saxon times. Our professional guide was Philip Hutchinson, a life member of the Ghost Club, the oldest paranormal society in the world , founded in 1862 and having Charles Dickens as a founder member.The tour started on the cobbled High Street at Holy Trinity Church and took us on a zigzagging  journey around the town, including North Street, Tunsgate, Castle Grounds and St Marys Church tower in Quarry Street 9 the oldest building in the town) plus Guildfords most haunted building. The King's Head Pub. At each stop Philip's unique style of storytelling, with props, helped bring the locations and properties histories to life, including the people who resided, visited, or were held prisoner within them, plus the many ghosts and their stories. Even the current Guildford Museum is said to have its own ghost.

We finished at the Angel Hotel where we were told about the haunting of those who stayed in room number 1, by a soldier. Even 007 Roger Moore had an encounter with a ghost whilst staying at the hotel.

Philip himself is a ghost sceptic, which surprised us all, and has yet to prove they exist, but he never says never. Although there can be rationale answers as to why some people hear bumps in the nights, footsteps, bells ringing and or see ghostly figures go through walls or appear in mirrors these cannot always be easily explained.