Some Facts About BritainThe blue-clad spectre of Anne Boleyn in Hampton Court Palace; 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 spectral bear that terrified a sentry at the Martin Tower of the Tower of London; the hidden treasure of Hingston Down, Cornwall; a phantom miner, demons and the damned Jan Tregeagle (hiding from Satan) in St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rocks, Cornwall; ghostly hammering heard in the Blue Room of Glamis Castle, Scotland; the white-clad ghost of Jane Seymour, holding a candle, seen in Hampton Court Palace; Old Madame, the White Lady haunting Lew House in Tavistock, Devon; how the Wild Hunt, seen at Yeolmbridge, Cornwall, may take the soul of someone who sees it twice; and the skeletal horse ridden by Old Crockern at Crockern's Tor, Dartmoor, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Blairmore Scotland UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa, the Chelsea Hotel in New York and the Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich. are internationally renowned hotels. |