Some Facts About BritainThe ghostly black Daimler seen between Garabridge and Modbury, Devon; how Drake's Drum, preserved in Buckland Abbey, is heard when England is in danger; ghostly, pipe-smoking Beefeaters in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London; the corpse-eating kergrim in the churchyard of Launceston, Cornwall; the black-clad ghost of Deadman's Cove, Cornwall; the Wish Hounds of the Wild Hunt that haunt Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor; 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; the cross-shaped bare earth on the grave of John Davies in the churchyard of Montgomery, Wales, fulfilling his prophecy and proving his innocence of the theft for which he was hanged; the phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; and the spectre of Sir Francis Drake, driving a hearse with headless horses, at Buckland Abbey, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Atlow England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, Raffles Hotel in Singapore where the Singapore Sling was invented in the hotel's Long Bar and the Mandarin Oriental Macau. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |