Some Facts About BritainThe May Day celebration of Baiting the Hobby Horse in Padstow, Cornwall; how, off St Ives in Cornwall, the ship Neptune sank after seeing a ghost ship, becoming another ghost ship; strange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car; the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death; the ghostly old woman, in a red headscarf, haunting Kitty Steps, by a pool in Lydford Gorge, Dartmoor; the Wish Hounds of the Wild Hunt that haunt Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor; the spectral bear that terrified a sentry at the Martin Tower of the Tower of London; the White Lady and phantom funeral procession at Godolphin House, Cornwall; the ugly phantom of the Duchess of Lauderdale, scratching at the walls of Ham House, London; and the famous ghost of Dorothy Dingley, still seen in Botathan, Cornwall, in spite of a 17th Centuty attempt at exorcism, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Ardler Scotland UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay and the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |