Hallowe’en never goes unmarked at The Vale Living Retirement Village where our residents love a themed evening and a chance to dress up.
With the Bar & Bistro transformed with cobwebs, pumpkins and ghastly, glowing lights, it was like a scene from a film as a variety of witches, wizards and ghouls appeared after dusk.
Spectacular home-made hats were a particular focus of conversation as our spooky guests sat down to devour a suitably themed, delicious menu.
There were fiendish jokes, cackling laughter, tales from times gone by and even some croaky voices as the evening wore on. Suddenly, before the official witching hour of midnight struck, our spirit gathering mysteriously melted away leaving only the echoes of a ghostly gathering and the distant sound of laughter.