Some Facts About BritainThe procession of ghostly, white-clad monks on the Lych Way, Dartmoor; how Jesus landed near Padstow in Cornwall, before spending part of his childhood in England; 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 spectre of Sir Francis Drake, driving a hearse with headless horses, at Buckland Abbey, Devon; how Mordred mortally wounded King Arthur at Slaughterbridge, Cornwall; the ghostly Number Seven bus sometimes seen in Kensington, London; the three spectres of Trinity Church on Micklegate, York; a phantom miner, demons and the damned Jan Tregeagle (hiding from Satan) in St Michael's Chapel, Roche Rocks, Cornwall; Joan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; and 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, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Alrewas England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes, the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, the Excelsior Hotel in Hong Kong near the famous noonday gun and the Mandarin Oriental Macau. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |