Some Facts About BritainSpectral Roman soldiers who march through the cellars of the Treasurer's House, York; ghostly monks at Buckfastleigh Abbey, Devon; how Sir Francis Drake, with other ghostly magicians, replay the creation, from Devil's Point in Plymouth, the storm that defeated the Spanish Armada; the wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; how the menhirs the Nine Maidens, near st Columb Major, Cornwall, were nine girls (and a fiddler) petrified for carousing on the Sabbath; the Pool of the Black Hound near Dean Combe, Devon, where a phantom dog (actually a weaver named Knowles) is doomed to empty the pond with a leaky nutshell; the ghost of Lady Glamis, burned at the stake in the reign of witchcraft-obsessed James V of Scotland, that hovers above the clock tower and walks the corridors of Glamis Castle; how Pengersick Castle, Cornwall, is haunted by a Mr Millington, who accidentally drank the poison intended for his wife; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; and the ghostly white dog of Cator Common on Dartmoor, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Llanwrda Wales UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Villa D'Este on Lake Como, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, Claridge's in London, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China and the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |