Three Ghostly Castles in England

Written by Seb Jay


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countryside overlooking a lakerepparttar castle was used as a film location for Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Twilight though heralds an altogether more sinister side to Old Wardour for it is here where one Lady Blanche Arundell - a Royalist supporter duringrepparttar 138209 17th century English Civil War - held out against Cromwell's Roundheads with her servants in a siege that lasted nearly a month. The castle was eventually captured byrepparttar 138210 Roundheads and Lady Blanche Arundell promptly imprisoned and executed. It is said that she walks fromrepparttar 138211 castle torepparttar 138212 lake inrepparttar 138213 fading daylight as a chill pervadesrepparttar 138214 air.

Berry Pomeroy Castle

Not far from Dartmoor National Park in Devon isrepparttar 138215 haunted castle of Berry Pomeroy. Now a romantic ruin this 13th century castle is home to a number of ghostly happenings,repparttar 138216 most frequent of which is a sighting of a White Lady. She appears inrepparttar 138217 dark dungeons belowrepparttar 138218 castle and on top ofrepparttar 138219 castle ramparts, her apparition being reported as recently as 1987. The White Lady is thought to berepparttar 138220 spirit of Margaret Pomeroy who was imprisoned inrepparttar 138221 dungeons by her sister and made to slowly starve to death.

Seb Jay is a freelance writer specializing in the origination of web content for http://www.your-carhire.com


Celebrate at the Beach – Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point

Written by Janice Wilson


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We decided to stop burning daylight and beginrepparttar birthday bash atrepparttar 138187 SPA! When we enteredrepparttar 138188 Spa, we were warmly greeted byrepparttar 138189 Spa Director, Maureen Vipperman, a beautiful and vivacious woman. She invited us to take a seat in front ofrepparttar 138190 cozy fireplace, as we listened torepparttar 138191 sounds ofrepparttar 138192 soothing waterfall. Her passion and knowledge forrepparttar 138193 Spa’s unique relaxation and healing services was captivating. She told us that even thoughrepparttar 138194 Spa was less than a year old it had already garnered a reputation for being a place for wellness and healing. She told us thatrepparttar 138195 spa used a variety of treatments that emphasized therapeutic health and international healing techniques and products. She didn’t forget a single detail with her caring curiosity. We savored every second of her articulate attention to our personal needs to create our perfect Spa experience.

Before deciding on our first treatment, Maureen took us on a guided tour ofrepparttar 138196 newly renovated facility. She was quite proud of their state-of-the-art fitness center that was fully equipped withrepparttar 138197 latest in Star Trac cardio equipment and Life Fitness strength equipment, complete with headphones and personal televisions for each running and bicycle machine. This impressive facility rivaled centers twice its size. Maureen smiled spiritedly when she informed us thatrepparttar 138198 fitness center was open 24 hours a day. My daughter and I exchanged a guilty glance. There would be no excuse about not havingrepparttar 138199 time to workout on this retreat.

We made a mental note that we would work out tomorrow for sure. Right now, our minds, bodies, and souls were looking forward to relievingrepparttar 138200 stress and exhaustion from our workaholic lives. Maureen recommendedrepparttar 138201 couples massage for our first treatment. She thought it would be a great way to startrepparttar 138202 birthday party. We noticed that one ofrepparttar 138203 nicest things aboutrepparttar 138204 Spa, besides Maureen,repparttar 138205 décor, andrepparttar 138206 treatments, was a comfortable ease and beauty aboutrepparttar 138207 facility. The layout ofrepparttar 138208 spa was intimate, yetrepparttar 138209 treatment rooms were spaciously light, roomy, and elegant. The room for our couples massage was breathtaking. It was large and airy and decorated in gold sandy beach tones. There were two massage tables facing each other, beautiful white marble floors, and two large Swiss showers with 12 rotating showerheads. There was a private outdoor patio with a whirlpool tub, and outdoor furniture. Our therapists recommended ordering lunch after our treatment so we could enjoyrepparttar 138210 sunshine and fresh ocean breezes in our private garden.

As we prepared ourselves forrepparttar 138211 massages, I realized this wasrepparttar 138212 perfect way to spend time with my daughter. It seemed like only yesterday that I looked down into her newly born eyes and dreamed about allrepparttar 138213 wonderful adventures we would have. The thrill of sharing this experience of renewing our spirits with this unique massage was beyond my expectations. Inrepparttar 138214 silence and serenity of releasingrepparttar 138215 stress from our bodies a strong bond of appreciation created a lasting memory. Afterrepparttar 138216 massage we both took showers and luxuriated inrepparttar 138217 refreshing feeling of pulsating shower heads cleansing every pore of our bodies. We slipped on robes that were deliciously toasty fromrepparttar 138218 in-room robe warmer and walked outside torepparttar 138219 patio where our lunch awaited us. All we could do was smile at each other fromrepparttar 138220 inside out. Our skin glowed as our bodies basked in loving appreciation forrepparttar 138221 special care. We savored our delicious lunches, not wanting this day to end.

After lunch, I scheduledrepparttar 138222 Ultimate Radiance Facial for myself and Kyra’s next gift to unwrap—the signature treatment, The Peaceful Warrior. Our bodies floated on air, as we were led to our separate rooms. As wonderful as it was to sharerepparttar 138223 massage experience, trading stories on our individual services was even more exciting.

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