SKIDDEN HOUSE HOTEL

Seen by many guests before dinner, appearing to be leading them into the restaurant at Skidden House Hotel, St Ives, is a "Lady in Blue". She walks past the kitchen, through the dining room and into the reception area. This Lady in Blue is always seen by new apprentice chefs and kitchen staff during their first few days at the Hotel, before they have even been told of her. There is another ghost, a grey-bearded older gentleman who wears a long frock coat. The ghostly gentleman is nearly always seen on the first floor of the hotel, but seems unaware of the fact that the hotel has been divided into two, as he passes freely through the new wall between the hotel and the adjoining cottage. Maybe the ghost simply prefers to ignore any changes to the Hotel, and delay such changes if possible... Whenever workmen are making alterations to the hotel, tools disappear, only to re-appear in rooms where there is no work being carried out or even contemplated. In general, however, the ghosts of Skidden House are benign characters, and very welcome, bringing with them only feelings of peace and tranquillity.