Some Facts About BritainThe ghost of a Crusader, Ranulph, in the moat of Blanchminster Castle, Cornwall; how Merlin's magic enabled Uther Pendragon to seduce Igerne, and sire Arthur, in Tintagel Castle; strange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car; the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death; the May Day celebration of Baiting the Hobby Horse in Padstow, Cornwall; 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; the hidden treasure of Hingston Down, Cornwall; the sounds of spectral gamblers, forced to play for eternity as punishment for playing dice on the Sabbath, in Glamis Castle, Scotland; ghostly, pipe-smoking Beefeaters in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London; and a phantom miner, demons and the damned Jan Tregeagle (hiding from Satan) in St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rocks, Cornwall, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Bawdeswell England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. Hotel La Mamounia in Marrakesh (Marrakech), the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau and the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |