Some Facts About BritainThe phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; the ghost of Squire Hilliard that appears at an upstairs window, as well as other unexplained phenomena, at the Black House in Higher Brixham, Devon; how Merlin's magic enabled Uther Pendragon to seduce Igerne, and sire Arthur, in Tintagel Castle; the corpse-eating kergrim in the churchyard of Launceston, Cornwall; the ghostly black dog, a portent of death, seen at Okehampton Castle, Devon; the ghostly drummer of Culzean Castle, Scotland; the ghost of the pirate Tom Crocker, seen in August on Burgh Island, Devon; the ghostly old woman, in a red headscarf, haunting Kitty Steps, by a pool in Lydford Gorge, Dartmoor; the spectre of George II, sometimes asking "Where are they?" in a German accent, seen at the windows of Kensington Palace, London; and ghostly hammering heard in the Blue Room of Glamis Castle, Scotland, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Aboyne Scotland UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Mandarin Oriental Macau, the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau, the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai and the Queen Mary in Long Beach. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |