Our Yorkshire Farm’s Amanda Owen reveals shock DEATH in her cottage and moment she was visited by ghost
AMANDA Owen believes there’s a ghost in the hom she rents to unexpected holiday goers.
The Firs, a six-bedroom farm house in the Yorkshire Dales, is owned by the family and is rented out for £175 a night.
Unfortunately, ghostly interactions comes as standard.
The cottage took place on the grounds of a burial ritual, with someone else being left in state there after dying in the upstairs bedroom. It’s just down the road from the Ravenseat Farm, which she runs with her family.
As a result, Amanda and her estranged husband Clive believe there may be ghosts setting up home there – and even the eldest of their children, 20-year-old Raven, doesn’t like to be there.
In her new book, Celebrating The Seasons, Amanda opens up about the spooky experiences there, including hearing a grandfather clock even though there isn’t one on the premises.
In an exclusive excerpt give to The Sun Online, she wrote: “I was there on my own one dinner time when we had no guests, and I was after somewhere quiet to join in an online talk as part of a book festival. It was daylight, and The Firs is always a place where I feel relaxed and happy to be alone, so the super-natural was the last thing on my mind.
“It was a drab day, and I lit the fire, sorted my laptop and notes and settled back but as I was about to login, I realized the internet wasn’t working. Getting Wi-Fi to The Firs has been a nightmare, and we’ve spent a fortune getting all sorts of cables, and signals bouncing off who-knows-what to achieve it so I felt slightly irritated.
“I sat back and sighed, taking a moment to compose myself before the drive back. A grand-father clock began striking, and I listened to the sound, counting along with it, until it suddenly registered . . . there wasn’t a grandfather clock in The Firs.
“I looked round, trying to find the source, but there were no other clocks, and the TV and radio weren’t on. It had definitely been the distinctive chimes of a grandfather clock. I got a real case of the chills, and packed up quickly, to head back to the safety of the farmhouse.”
“It might not have been an obvious supernatural sighting of the headless-person-carrying-a-candletype,” she added. “But I could not find an explanation.”
The new book is being released as Amanda and Clive admit they have been having struggles in their 21-year marriage .
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Amanda is said to be staying at a rental property away from the farm in Swaledale.
In a joint statement the couple said: “The constant intrusion into our lives from the media has amplified a rocky patch.”
Celebrating the Seasons by Amanda Owen The Yorkshire Shepherdess is available now, RRP £20.
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