Some Facts About BritainThe phantom monk, seen on Christmas Eves in the ruined abbey of Strata Florida, Wales; the wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; the phantom ship of Croft Pascoe Pool, Cornwall; how a white hare seen near Looe, Cornwall, is the spirit of a suicidal girl; the ghostly white dog of Cator Common on Dartmoor; 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; the coach pulled by headless horses, a harbinger of death, in Penzance, Cornwall; how money paid by the Devil at the Tavistock Inn in Poundgate, Devon, turned into leaves after he left; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; and how Sir Francis Drake hunts with the Wish Hounds near Marchant's Cross, Dartmoor, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Beckermet England 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 Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai, the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa and the Chelsea Hotel in New York. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |