News from Stotfold Mill

News from Stotfold Watermill

On a mystic, misty night (well, rather damp and windy, actually) Stotfold Mill threw open its doors to the children of Stotfold for its annual Spooktacular.

This event is becoming something of a tradition in Stotfold, and it’s great to see it so popular! Held inside the Mill this year (just as well, given the weather) the Spooktacular event offered local families an afternoon of frightfully good Halloween fun. Hidden around the Mill were twenty spooks. The Spooktacular visitors were asked to hunt them all out, to prevent the Mill being infested with mischievous ghosts for the rest of the winter.

With some rather cryptic clues to help them on their journey, and volunteers from the Mill to provide a helping hand, the seventy-one ghost hunters (and their families) were free to roam around the Mill, investigating darkened nooks and cobwebby crannies. A welcome break from the hunting came in the Ivel Room, on the third floor, where some creepy crafts were available. The ghost hunters were invited to make jack-o-lanterns out of folded card and ghosts out of tissue paper and string. Simple enough for even the youngest ghost hunter to get involved with, the crafts proved popular with everyone. From the creepy depths of the waterwheel to the gloomy heights of the top floor, we’re pleased to say that every spook was located and removed.

The Mill would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along to the Spooktacular, and we hope you had a good time! We’d also like to say a big thank you to the volunteers who helped on the day: without them, our Mill events wouldn’t be possible.

The Mill has closed for the Winter, but that doesn’t mean you can’t come and visit! If you’re a member of a group or club, we’d be delighted to welcome you for a visit. This can be organised to suit your group, so do please get in touch.

We’ll be running some Mill orientation sessions during the next few months, where you can learn all about the Mill and how we run it. Please keep an eye on our social media posts for more information about what we’ve got planned. If you have enjoyed visiting the Mill over the course of 2022 and would like to help us keep it running in 2023, we’d love to welcome you as a volunteer.

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