Some Facts About BritainThe ghostly Number Seven bus sometimes seen in Kensington, London; how, off St Ives in Cornwall, the ship Neptune sank after seeing a ghost ship, becoming another ghost ship; the phantom monks carrying a funeral bier, seen near Childe's Tomb on Dartmoor; 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 screams of Katherine Howard, begging for her life, still heard in Hampton Court Palace; the spectre of Sir Francis Drake, driving a hearse with headless horses, at Buckland Abbey, Devon; the spectres of Cavalier Kate Penfound, whose lover John was killed for being a Roundhead, and that of smuggler Arthur Penfound, in Penfound Manor, Cornwall; the monster that lurks in a secret chamber of Glamis Castle, Scotland; the sound of bells, from a sunken ship, heard near Forrabury, Cornwall; and spectral medieval hunters seen in woods at Lustleigh Cleave, Devon, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Blackwood Wales UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. The Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai and the Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |