We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Birnam Scotland UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa and the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. are internationally renowned hotels. Some Facts About BritainThe ugly phantom of the Duchess of Lauderdale, scratching at the walls of Ham House, London; how, off St Ives in Cornwall, the ship Neptune sank after seeing a ghost ship, becoming another ghost ship; how Merlin's magic enabled Uther Pendragon to seduce Igerne, and sire Arthur, in Tintagel Castle; the fabled Loch Ness Monster of the Scottish Highlands; the ghostly, faithful dog Gellert, seen in and around Bedgellert (Grave of Gellert), where it saved a boy from a wolf but was mistakenly killed when its master saw blood on its mouth; the Wish Hounds of the Wild Hunt that haunt Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor; a phantom miner, demons and the damned Jan Tregeagle (hiding from Satan) in St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rocks, Cornwall; the cross-shaped bare earth on the grave of John Davies in the churchyard of Montgomery, Wales, fulfilling his prophecy and proving his innocence of the theft for which he was hanged; the skeletal horse ridden by Old Crockern at Crockern's Tor, Dartmoor; and the white-clad spectre of Lady Margaret Pomeroy, starved to death by her sister, seen in the dungeons and on the battlements of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. |