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Walking in England - Lynmouth to Oxford via Exeter, Wednesday 1998 August 5 - 7

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August 5th 1998
Lynmouth – Oxford, with Exeter 1998 August 5 Jane suggested I catch the early train (10:10), with Barbara, and spend a few hours in Exeter before catching the train on to Oxford . This worked very well. Exeter has a left-luggage place run by a taxi company. The train system was deemed too vulnerable to IRA bombs to kee ... 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