punting on the avon

Stratford to Sherwood

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November 6th 2008
Haven’t got much time to type and write so I won’t. Drove through the Cotswolds towards Stratford upon Avon, hangout for Bill Shakespeare. When we come back next time might hire a boat and go ‘punting’ down the canals of the UK. Moving on, we ended up at Kenilworth Castle. Home to Earl of Leicester, Bob Dudley. He got looked after ‘cos he was Elisabeth 1, the virgin Queens’, secre ... 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