Walk the Halloween highway on Sunday, October 31, 6-8pm

All set for this great event that we've been working towards for much of the year.

The Gill will be aglow with flaming lights this Halloween.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1WQxrJKbQ

And any amount of rain won't stop them!

We're going through with this event even if it rains!

We enjoy this kind of thing too much for mere wetness to stop us; in fact some of us think it will be more fun if it rains!

In a winter spectacle to warm even the most chilling spook-night spirits, an amazing 800 candles will light-up the night. These include nearly 100 pottery 'spike lights' – terracotta candle holders that've been cast by local children and pottery enthusiasts to sit on the railings and cast an eerie glow. Among them there's a coiled dragon with flaming eyes, a cityscape with glowing windows and of course a few ghouls.

A further 700 candles in jam jars will be dotted about in the woods to complete the scene for a spooky candlelit walk from 6.30pm.

Ulverston potter Geoff Dellow is organising the event with people from The Gill.
“It's something we tried out for the first time last year and it was a great success,” said Geoff. “More than 150 people turned-up to walk along the candlelit path and it all looked really magical.
This time we've been busy making even more spike lights and our own candles that should burn brighter and longer than the little tealights we used before.”

Geoff has been busy testing his new candles made thanks to donations of wax from Wax Lyrical, loo rolls and hundreds of jam jars.

“They can resist strong winds of about 20mph but I'm hoping it won't come to that,” he said. “It'll be great to celebrate Halloween simply by enjoying firelight on a chilly Autumn's evening.”

After the walk, residents of the Gill are inviting people to linger in the candlelight and warm-up with some mulled apple juice and a few spooky snacks.

“The test run looked amazing,” said Gill resident Jennie Dennett who's helping organise the walk. “With the candles edging the path it looks like a landing strip for passing witches on broomsticks, or like the corridors of a medieval castle with their flaming torches. There's something very Harry Potter about it, you could imagine a Quidditch match going on in the woods.”

The candles will be lit from 6pm to 8pm and the procession starts at 6.30pm.

Volunteers are still needed to help light all those wicks, anyone who can join in from 3pm Sunday is asked to contact Geoff at gd at tygh.co.uk  (done to avoid spam) or just turn up and find us we won't be far away!

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7wLHNND_g