'You cannot be serious'.....as John McEnroe used to comment upon the umpire's decision at Wimbledon! But the story actually begins in Heacham where I'd gone to collect the Chieftain double-decker prior to the start of term the day following. The mechanic who was responsible for the upkeep of the buses asked where I went during half-term breaks.’ I usually stop at the Rectory’, I replied. He expressed his surprise, so much so that I inquired why he should think this at all unusual. Our business concluded, I drove away - and the odd response forgotten...for the moment. It was the late October half-term, the pupils were away and Chris White also away - which meant that I was alone. I’d been to London for the day, returning by the early evening train and driving back to the Rectory. It was a dark, still, frosty night and the Rectory completely dark as I got out of the car and went inside....doors were never locked in Uncle Roger's domain! No problem to find the light switch to enable me to find my way upstairs to my room. It took only a few minutes for my wash and brush up before setting out for Heacham and supper. Imagine my surprise when upon descending the stairs I found every light on. And there hadn't been even the slightest sound of movement from below whilst I was upstairs. I shouted:’ Are you here Chris?' thinking that he just might have returned early. But No! To satisfy my curiosity, I returned to my room for a torch and carried out both an indoor and outdoor recce to try to find the intruder.....BUT.....there was nobody to be found. I swear to this day that it would have been impossible for anybody to have entered the Rectory and switched on every light without my hearing footsteps. And the words of the Heacham mechanic came back into my mind:’ I wouldn't stay there in the Rectory by myself even if you were to pay me a thousand pounds'. All these years later I can say unequivocally that nobody else could have entered the Rectory that evening without my knowing. And No, there was no chill down the spine then, as now. If it was a ghost, then it was a very benign ghost and, if it happened to anybody else I wouldn't have believed them......but I was there...and I am being serious. Bill Kelly