Some Facts About BritainThe procession of ghostly, white-clad monks on the Lych Way, Dartmoor; the cross-shaped bare earth on the grave of John Davies in the churchyard of Montgomery, Wales, fulfilling his prophecy and proving his innocence of the theft for which he was hanged; the skeletal horse ridden by Old Crockern at Crockern's Tor, Dartmoor; Joan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; Old Madame, the White Lady haunting Lew House in Tavistock, 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; the ghost of the pirate Tom Crocker, seen in August on Burgh Island, Devon; the phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; how Drake's Drum, preserved in Buckland Abbey, is heard when England is in danger; and spectral medieval hunters seen in woods at Lustleigh Cleave, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. Queen Mab wishes you a comfortable stay in your Lechlade England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, the New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi and the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |