Some Facts About BritainThe phantom drummer of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland; the wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; how Parson Jupp was reincarnated as a spider at the vicarage in St Cleer, Cornwall; how Sir Francis Drake hunts with the Wish Hounds near Marchant's Cross, Dartmoor; how hairy hands, perhaps those of an escaped convict, seize the steering wheels of cars near Postbridge, Devon; spectral Roman soldiers who march through the cellars of the Treasurer's House, York; 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; how the dark-clad daughter of Judge Glanville, who sentenced her to death, is often seen in Kilworthy House, in Tavistock, Devon; the spectre of Sir William Langhorne that harasses women in Charlton House, now a community centre, in London; and the ghostly monk haunting the rectory in North Huish, Devon, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Bowness On Windermere England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro, the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa and the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |