We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Bassenthwaite England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, the Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles and the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai. are some of the world's most famous hotels. Some Facts About BritainThe neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; how pins are thrown for luck into the Pixie's Well (St Non's Well), on ominously named Hobb's Park Farm, near Pelynt, Cornwall; how two half-brothers, children of a bigamous and murderous crusader, finally met and befriended each other at Pengersick Castle - a white hare is the spirit of one of their mothers; how a dewar (devil) haunts New Bridge, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; how Pengersick Castle, Cornwall, is haunted by a Mr Millington, who accidentally drank the poison intended for his wife; the phantom drummer of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland; the 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 phantom dwarf, trying to lead people to hidden treasure - or something worse - at Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; the White Lady of Godolphin House, Cornwall, seen coming out of a secret hiding place; and how Squire Cabell and his black hounds haunt the Abbots's Way on Dartmoor, Devon, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. |