Some Facts About BritainHow Merlin's magic enabled Uther Pendragon to seduce Igerne, and sire Arthur, in Tintagel Castle; the phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; the spectres, in Welsh costume, of Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, "the Ladies of Llangollen", seen in their home Plas Newydd in Llangollen, Wales; the skeletal horse ridden by Old Crockern at Crockern's Tor, Dartmoor; how Mordred mortally wounded King Arthur at Slaughterbridge, Cornwall; Lyonesse, the fabled land that once joined Land's End to the Isles of Scilly; the spectral bear that terrified a sentry at the Martin Tower of the Tower of London; the blue-clad spectre of Anne Boleyn in Hampton Court Palace; how Drake's Drum, preserved in Buckland Abbey, is heard when England is in danger; and the spectre of George II, sometimes asking "Where are they?" in a German accent, seen at the windows of Kensington Palace, London, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Blakemere England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, Claridge's in London, the Mandarin Oriental Macau and the Hotel Icon in Hong Kong. are internationally renowned hotels. |