Some Facts About BritainThe blue-clad spectre of Anne Boleyn in Hampton Court Palace; the ghostly old woman, in a red headscarf, haunting Kitty Steps, by a pool in Lydford Gorge, Dartmoor; the white-clad spectre of Lady Margaret Pomeroy, starved to death by her sister, seen in the dungeons and on the battlements of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon; how Jesus landed near Padstow in Cornwall, before spending part of his childhood in England; a phantom miner, demons and the damned Jan Tregeagle (hiding from Satan) in St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rocks, Cornwall; the Wish Hounds of the Wild Hunt that haunt Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor; the spectral car, seen on the B3212 near Moretonhampstead, Devon; the ghost of Squire Hilliard that appears at an upstairs window, as well as other unexplained phenomena, at the Black House in Higher Brixham, Devon; 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; and the ugly phantom of the Duchess of Lauderdale, scratching at the walls of Ham House, London, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. Queen Mab wishes you a comfortable stay in your Lacock England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, the Polana Hotel in Maputo, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China, the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay and the Villa D'Este on Lake Como. are internationally renowned hotels. |