Some Facts About BritainJoan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; 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 fabled Loch Ness Monster of the Scottish Highlands; strange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car; the ugly phantom of the Duchess of Lauderdale, scratching at the walls of Ham House, London; how the Wild Hunt, seen at Yeolmbridge, Cornwall, may take the soul of someone who sees it twice; how, off St Ives in Cornwall, the ship Neptune sank after seeing a ghost ship, becoming another ghost ship; the sounds of spectral gamblers, forced to play for eternity as punishment for playing dice on the Sabbath, in Glamis Castle, Scotland; the spectral monk of the Old Priory in Trevethey, Cornwall; and the ghostly black dog, a portent of death, seen at Okehampton Castle, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Borth Wales UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, the Grand Hyatt Macau, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the Imperial Hotel in Delhi, the Mandarin Oriental Macau and the Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |