Some Facts About BritainHow Drake's Drum, preserved in Buckland Abbey, is heard when England is in danger; the sounds of spectral gamblers, forced to play for eternity as punishment for playing dice on the Sabbath, in Glamis Castle, Scotland; how the Wild Hunt, seen at Yeolmbridge, Cornwall, may take the soul of someone who sees it twice; ghostly, pipe-smoking Beefeaters in the Byward Tower of the Tower of London; the blue-clad spectre of Anne Boleyn in Hampton Court Palace; phantoms of the Theatre Royal in York, including a Grey Lady and an actor who was killed in a duel; the famous ghost of Dorothy Dingley, still seen in Botathan, Cornwall, in spite of a 17th Centuty attempt at exorcism; the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death; a number of ghosts at Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, including a murdered sailor who sits on an outside wall; and the White Lady and phantom funeral procession at Godolphin House, Cornwall, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Boulmer England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Hotel Icon in Hong Kong, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro and the Polana Hotel in Maputo. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |