canalside cottage

Wales

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April 27th 2008
- I spoke too soon about the weather; it’s raining, but luckily just very lightly. We stopped at a little pub for lunch, roast pork for only 5.5pounds. We are now traveling through Wales and the sun is out again. Sitting in the hedges are rabbits with their babies and there are so many ducks with their ducklings, and we just saw a squirrel, spring is amazing here. My job as first mate is to ope ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Shropshire

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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