Some Facts About BritainHow Dozmary Pool, Cornwall, is home to the Lady of the Lake, protecting King Arthur's sword, Excalibur; the headless hound seen south of Aberystwyth, Wales; how hairy hands, perhaps those of an escaped convict, seize the steering wheels of cars near Postbridge, Devon; how Squire Cabell and his black hounds haunt the Abbots's Way on Dartmoor, Devon; how the dark-clad daughter of Judge Glanville, who sentenced her to death, is often seen in Kilworthy House, in Tavistock, Devon; spectral Roman soldiers who march through the cellars of the Treasurer's House, York; the phantom dwarf, trying to lead people to hidden treasure - or something worse - at Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh, seen in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London; how Pengersick Castle, Cornwall, is haunted by a Mr Millington, who accidentally drank the poison intended for his wife; and how the menhirs the Nine Maidens, near st Columb Major, Cornwall, were nine girls (and a fiddler) petrified for carousing on the Sabbath, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Allonby England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai and the Villa D'Este on Lake Como. are internationally renowned hotels. |