Some Facts About BritainThe 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; strange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car; Joan o' the Wad (Joan the Wad), a female piskey (Cornish pixie), sometimes helpful and sometimes mischievious, around Polperro in Cornwall; the blue-clad spectre of Anne Boleyn in Hampton Court Palace; the May Day celebration of Baiting the Hobby Horse in Padstow, Cornwall; the black-clad ghost of Deadman's Cove, Cornwall; the Wish Hounds of the Wild Hunt that haunt Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor; the procession of ghostly, white-clad monks on the Lych Way, Dartmoor; the large, bearded spectre that haunts bedrooms in Glamis Castle, Scotland; and how the Wild Hunt, seen at Yeolmbridge, Cornwall, may take the soul of someone who sees it twice, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Balderstone England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, the Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai, the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi, the Imperial Hotel in Delhi and the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |