Some Facts About BritainThe ghostly monk haunting the rectory in North Huish, Devon; the fascinating museum of witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall; the cantankerous, storm-raising ghost of the clergyman John Penneck at St Hilary, Cornwall; the spectre of Anne Boleyn, seen in the Queen's House at the Tower of London; the ghost of Lady Glamis, burned at the stake in the reign of witchcraft-obsessed James V of Scotland, that hovers above the clock tower and walks the corridors of Glamis Castle; the mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; the field at Fardel Hall, Devon, containing treasure guarded by a dark lady in silk; the ghostly white dog of Cator Common on Dartmoor; how two half-brothers, children of a bigamous and murderous crusader, finally met and befriended each other at Pengersick Castle - a white hare is the spirit of one of their mothers; and the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Blidworth England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes and the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune). are some of the world's most famous hotels. |