Some Facts About BritainThe ghost of the pirate Tom Crocker, seen in August on Burgh Island, Devon; the invisible ghost that grabs the shoulders of visitors to the teashop of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon; the screams of Katherine Howard, begging for her life, still heard in Hampton Court Palace; the White Lady and phantom funeral procession at Godolphin House, Cornwall; 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 procession of ghostly, white-clad monks on the Lych Way, Dartmoor; the hidden treasure of Hingston Down, Cornwall; the phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; 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; and the black page boy whose ghost haunts Glamis Castle in Scotland, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Balmedie Scotland UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund and the Hotel Icon in Hong Kong. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |