J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Baltonsborough England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Hotel Icon in Hong Kong, the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai, the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa, the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau, the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich and Hotel La Mamounia in Marrakesh (Marrakech). are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. Some Facts About BritainThe ghost of Lady Glamis, burned at the stake in the reign of witchcraft-obsessed James V of Scotland, that hovers above the clock tower and walks the corridors of Glamis Castle; the field at Fardel Hall, Devon, containing treasure guarded by a dark lady in silk; the cantankerous, storm-raising ghost of the clergyman John Penneck at St Hilary, Cornwall; how Sir Francis Drake hunts with the Wish Hounds near Marchant's Cross, Dartmoor; how money paid by the Devil at the Tavistock Inn in Poundgate, Devon, turned into leaves after he left; how the dark-clad daughter of Judge Glanville, who sentenced her to death, is often seen in Kilworthy House, in Tavistock, Devon; the mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; how Sir Francis Drake, with other ghostly magicians, replay the creation, from Devil's Point in Plymouth, the storm that defeated the Spanish Armada; the ghostly monk haunting the rectory in North Huish, Devon; and how a dewar (devil) haunts New Bridge, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. |