Mirror Mirror On The Wall

Hello everyone
      Well, I finally re-read my novel from the beginning and got myself back into the flow . . . .and have written another chapter. I've also written another short story, this time about a car journey that my lead character has taken numerous times; although the route looks the same, everything is completely different; kind of made my boring journey to work look a little different.
     On a completely different note, I took my son to the abandoned building known as the Babies Castle (where my friend and I had our first date) to say my goodbyes. Workmen are clearing the site and getting ready to demolish it. I'll be sad to see it go, not only because it holds special memories for me, but because it's a big, old rambling building with turrets.
     Anyway, while we were exploring other parts of the building that were previously inaccessible due to the wild undergrowth, I nearly managed to scare myself to death. We got into a smaller cottage in the grounds via a tiny window and as it was raining, I had my hood up. Wandering down a dark passageway, I pushed open a door and came face to face with what looked like a dark, shadowy figure wearing a cowl.
     Well, my heart went into my mouth and my stomach dropped to my boots, I screamed and almost fell over my feet trying to get away, crashed into my son , babbling like an idiot that there was something in there. He very bravely went and had a closer look and . . . . you've guessed it, it was a mirror. As I was wearing a hoodie, the raised hood looked like a cowl in the darkness. My son couldn't stop laughing and warned me of the dangers of looking into a mirror at my age.
     We also met a team of paranormal investigators who were looking for a new site. They are called Trident and investigate reputedly haunted sites up and down the country. They decided against the Baby Castle due to its dangerous, dilapidated condition, (it's unsafe during the day when you can see where you're putting your feet, but would be lethal at night) We told them about our experiences of ghost hunting there and the fact that we didn't catch anything; but then they have more sophisticated cameras and gadgets, so they may have been lucky.
     All in all it was a pretty interesting day and I've got another couple of short stories out of it. I'm over half way through my collection now; I'm aiming for about twenty, it's just finding the time to write them all as well as work on my novel and hold down my day job in between.
     Anyway, that's about it for now, Halloween will soon be upon us, my favourite point in the calendar, so happy haunting to you all.