The view from Beeston Castle

Chester and Lakes District

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January 29th 2006
HIYA! (Very English greeting) January has been a month of mainly working, however we have been lucky enough to have some visitors and a couple of English outtings. First of all James (my brother), and his friends Stu and Lyndel came to visit for three nights and it was SOOOOOO good to have visitors! They arrived pretty jet lagged, but recovered enough to visit Chester and Beeston Castle. Ch ... 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