Hallowe'en fun by day at the Big Sheep

By [rrothery]

During the day at The Big Sheep there will be a lot of things to get you all a quiver. Venture into what is said to be the most haunted house in Devon or take a lakeside ghost train ride, which promises to have you shrieking as all sorts of ghastly ghosts appear from under the murky waters.

The indoor play area, Ewetopia, will be decked out with all things scary and children and adults are invited to take part in an Horrendously Horrid Spook Hunt. (Don't worry if ghosts keep moving the clues because the Big Sheep's Pumpkin Princess will be around to give you advice on how to out-ghoul the ghosts).

Merlin, the magical magician, will be on site from 12 noon to 4pm on Monday October 27, Tuesday October 28 and Wednesday October 29 weaving his wondrous magic throughout the site.

You can fly too apparently! Everyone over 1.1 metre in height can have a go at the Wicked Witches' School of Flying. While friendly witches in the Shepherd's Restaurant will serve up a perfect pumpkin potion, with pumpkins freshly picked from the Big Sheep Pumpkinville patch.

For little ones there are plenty of fun things to do that don't involve being scared witless.

Pumpkin Princess is the prettiest pumpkin in town and ready to have her photo taken with visitors throughout the festival. (Do dress to impress her as she will be giving spot prizes for who she thinks is best dressed – costumes and frightening accessories can be bought in the scary shop, if you dare to visit).

Petunia Pumpkin, the expert carver, will be on hand helping children to carve their own pumpkin or to offer tips to adults on how to carve a pumpkin. There's also a tractor ride to Pumpkinville to see the thousands of pumpkins growing. It means travelling through the Forbidden Forest but there's no need to worry, I'm reliably informed the ghosts sleep all day and party at night.

● The Big Sheep, holds its popular Spooktacular Hallowe'en Festival from Saturday October 25 to Saturday November 1 from 10am to 6pm.