Chess at the Olympic Park

'Jonny Wilkinson for World Cup Glory...'

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December 12th 2008
**** Sorry - this never got published - can't get used to these new-fangled computer things **** Day 8 I think? 13/12/08 Today's song - Theme from Rambo. Played twice by a kids brass band on the harbour (in the rain). Yesterday was a marked improvement on the previous in that we weren't all knackered. We travelled to the Olympic Park on Mark's request which is a fair old distance, and w ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more