Some Facts About BritainThe wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; the spectre of Jan Tregeagle, who must empty Dozmary Pool with only a limpet shell, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall; the phantom ship of Croft Pascoe Pool, Cornwall; the fascinating museum of witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; the spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle; the cantankerous, storm-raising ghost of the clergyman John Penneck at St Hilary, Cornwall; the Lady in White who leaps up behind horse riders in Marazion, Cornwall; the neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; and the ghost of Sir Walter Raleigh, seen in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Bishop Monkton England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, Raffles Hotel in Singapore where the Singapore Sling was invented in the hotel's Long Bar, the Grand Hyatt Macau and the Fasano Hotel e Restaurante Rio in Rio de Janeiro. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |