Some Facts About BritainJoan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; the famous ghost of Dorothy Dingley, still seen in Botathan, Cornwall, in spite of a 17th Centuty attempt at exorcism; the spectral car, seen on the B3212 near Moretonhampstead, Devon; the ghostly black dog, a portent of death, seen at Okehampton Castle, Devon; how Jesus landed near Padstow in Cornwall, before spending part of his childhood in England; the ghostly Number Seven bus sometimes seen in Kensington, London; the sounds of spectral gamblers, forced to play for eternity as punishment for playing dice on the Sabbath, in Glamis Castle, Scotland; the invisible ghost that grabs the shoulders of visitors to the teashop of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon; the ghostly old woman, in a red headscarf, haunting Kitty Steps, by a pool in Lydford Gorge, Dartmoor; and the sound of bells, from a sunken ship, heard near Forrabury, Cornwall, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Bell Busk England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, the Mandarin Oriental Macau, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como and the Imperial Hotel in Delhi. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |