J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Ansty England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the Mandarin Oriental Macau, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro and the New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. Some Facts About BritainThe spectral monk of the Old Priory in Trevethey, Cornwall; how Mordred mortally wounded King Arthur at Slaughterbridge, Cornwall; a number of ghosts at Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, including a murdered sailor who sits on an outside wall; the ghost of a Crusader, Ranulph, in the moat of Blanchminster Castle, Cornwall; the spectres of Cavalier Kate Penfound, whose lover John was killed for being a Roundhead, and that of smuggler Arthur Penfound, in Penfound Manor, Cornwall; the spectre of George II, sometimes asking "Where are they?" in a German accent, seen at the windows of Kensington Palace, London; the famous ghost of Dorothy Dingley, still seen in Botathan, Cornwall, in spite of a 17th Centuty attempt at exorcism; the White Lady and phantom funeral procession at Godolphin House, Cornwall; the spectral bear that terrified a sentry at the Martin Tower of the Tower of London; and the phantom great Dane seen at Cheriton Cross, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. |