Some Facts About BritainThe mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; 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; the neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; how a dewar (devil) haunts New Bridge, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; the coach pulled by headless horses, a harbinger of death, in Penzance, Cornwall; the spectre of Anne Boleyn, seen in the Queen's House at the Tower of London; the spectre of the 18th Century Reverend Cole, seen in the garden of the vicarage at Luxulyan, Cornwall; the spectre of Jan Tregeagle, who must empty Dozmary Pool with only a limpet shell, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall; the White Lady of Godolphin House, Cornwall, seen coming out of a secret hiding place; and how the dark-clad daughter of Judge Glanville, who sentenced her to death, is often seen in Kilworthy House, in Tavistock, Devon, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. Queen Mab wishes you a comfortable stay in your Langbank Scotland UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa, the Imperial Hotel in Delhi, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Fasano Hotel e Restaurante Rio in Rio de Janeiro, the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay and the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune). are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |