Some Facts About BritainThe phantom monk, seen on Christmas Eves in the ruined abbey of Strata Florida, Wales; the ghost of Clifford Dudley, executed with Lady Jane Grey, still weeping in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London; the coach pulled by headless horses, a harbinger of death, in Penzance, Cornwall; how baptism in the water of St Ruth's Well in Redruth, Cornwall, saves any child from being hanged in the future; supernatural phenomena including a Lady in Grey, possibly Mary, Queen of Scots, in Holyrood Palace (Holyroodhouse); the spectre of the 18th Century Reverend Cole, seen in the garden of the vicarage at Luxulyan, Cornwall; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; the phantom ship that sails inland at St Levan, Cornwall; how hairy hands, perhaps those of an escaped convict, seize the steering wheels of cars near Postbridge, Devon; and the White Lady of Godolphin House, Cornwall, seen coming out of a secret hiding place, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Lerags Scotland 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 New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa and the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |