First mate

on the canals

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April 26th 2008
We’ve just picked up the narrowboat, making our way to our first stop for the night out the front (back?)of a canalside pub. It was booked out so dinner on the boat for tonight. This is great, a leisurely cruise going through meadows of cows, sheep with their new lambs jumping around, daffodils and wild flowers on the river bank and trees full of blossoms and new spring leaves. Everyone is so ... 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