Me & St Michael's Mount

Seeing Some of the Country

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June 5th 2006
Following a brilliant weekend in Brugge, I met up with my wonderful aunt Kathy who had made the long trek to see me from Hawaii. During a brief stopover in London (while waiting for Kathy's luggage to turn up from the airport - thanks Heathrow!) we planned the weeks travel ahead. We decided to do a loop through the country side, first heading to Cornwall then up to Wales and Shropshire to see wher ... 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