Outside Mortehoe

Walking in England - Bull Point and Bristol Channel, Sunday 1998 August 2

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August 2nd 1998
Andrew dropped us off at the ice cream shop in Mortehoe. (“Hoe” is a grassy field. “Morte” is French for death. Meaning?) This is a big holiday Sunday, and it is sunny, so lots of people are out. All along, from Woolacombe to Mortehoe, the cars shared the one and a half car-width ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more