Some Facts About BritainHow Dozmary Pool, Cornwall, is home to the Lady of the Lake, protecting King Arthur's sword, Excalibur; the Portuguese treasure ship sunk off Gunwalloe, Cornwall; the neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; the field at Fardel Hall, Devon, containing treasure guarded by a dark lady in silk; how the menhirs the Nine Maidens, near st Columb Major, Cornwall, were nine girls (and a fiddler) petrified for carousing on the Sabbath; the spectre of Jan Tregeagle, who must empty Dozmary Pool with only a limpet shell, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall; 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 spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle; how baptism in the water of St Ruth's Well in Redruth, Cornwall, saves any child from being hanged in the future; and the ghost of Lady Jane Grey, seen on the battlements of the Tower of London, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. J W Wells wishes you a comfortable stay in your Bishops Stortford England UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The New Stanley Hotel in Nairobi, the Fasano Hotel e Restaurante Rio in Rio de Janeiro, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles and the Cascades Hotel at Sun City in South Africa. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |