Some Facts About BritainThe White Lady with a lantern, warning ships of danger on stormy nights, at St Ives, Cornwall; the spectre of Sir William Langhorne that harasses women in Charlton House, now a community centre, in London; the mermaid carvings of Zennor Church, Cornwall, reminders of how a mermaid and one Matthew Trevella became lovers; how a dewar (devil) haunts New Bridge, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; how the menhirs the Nine Maidens, near st Columb Major, Cornwall, were nine girls (and a fiddler) petrified for carousing on the Sabbath; the cantankerous, storm-raising ghost of the clergyman John Penneck at St Hilary, Cornwall; the spectre of Mrs Baines, killed by her own watchman, in Penzance, Cornwall; how money paid by the Devil at the Tavistock Inn in Poundgate, Devon, turned into leaves after he left; the wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; and the spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Ballyeaston Northern Ireland UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Mandarin Oriental Macau, the Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |