Some Facts About BritainJoan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; the black page boy whose ghost haunts Glamis Castle in Scotland; spectral medieval hunters seen in woods at Lustleigh Cleave, Devon; the spectres, in Welsh costume, of Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler, "the Ladies of Llangollen", seen in their home Plas Newydd in Llangollen, Wales; 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; the sound of bells, from a sunken ship, heard near Forrabury, Cornwall; the phantom great Dane seen at Cheriton Cross, Devon; how the Wild Hunt, seen at Yeolmbridge, Cornwall, may take the soul of someone who sees it twice; the three spectres of Trinity Church on Micklegate, York; and strange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. Queen Mab wishes you a comfortable stay in your Machrihanish Scotland UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Villa D'Este on Lake Como, the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes and the Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |