We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Berrington England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau, the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa and the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. are internationally renowned hotels. Some Facts About BritainHow 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 White Lady with a lantern, warning ships of danger on stormy nights, at St Ives, Cornwall; the neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; the spectre of Sir William Langhorne that harasses women in Charlton House, now a community centre, in London; the phantom ship of Croft Pascoe Pool, Cornwall; the ghost of Clifford Dudley, executed with Lady Jane Grey, still weeping in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London; how Sir Francis Drake, with other ghostly magicians, replay the creation, from Devil's Point in Plymouth, the storm that defeated the Spanish Armada; how the menhirs the Nine Maidens, near st Columb Major, Cornwall, were nine girls (and a fiddler) petrified for carousing on the Sabbath; the spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle; and the fiery chariot pulled by a bull in Jew's Lane, near Godolphin House, Cornwall, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. |