Some Facts About BritainThe fabled Loch Ness Monster of the Scottish Highlands; the ghostly Number Seven bus sometimes seen in Kensington, London; Lyonesse, the fabled land that once joined Land's End to the Isles of Scilly; the ghostly drummer of Culzean Castle, Scotland; the ghostly, faithful dog Gellert, seen in and around Bedgellert (Grave of Gellert), where it saved a boy from a wolf but was mistakenly killed when its master saw blood on its mouth; the spectres, in Welsh costume, of Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, "the Ladies of Llangollen", seen in their home Plas Newydd in Llangollen, Wales; how Merlin's magic enabled Uther Pendragon to seduce Igerne, and sire Arthur, in Tintagel Castle; the White Lady and phantom funeral procession at Godolphin House, Cornwall; the hidden treasure of Hingston Down, Cornwall; and phantoms of the Theatre Royal in York, including a Grey Lady and an actor who was killed in a duel, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Aberdeen Scotland UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, Claridge's in London, the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Savoy Hotel in London, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, Raffles Hotel in Singapore where the Singapore Sling was invented in the hotel's Long Bar and the Chelsea Hotel in New York. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |