Benjamin on the hillside

Urquhart Castle and the Loch Ness Centre

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June 23rd 2009
It was already light at 4:30 in the morning, making it a bit hard to sleep. By the time we got up, the sun was high in the sky and it was shaping up to be a beautiful day. The hostel provides breakfast, and sitting in the huge dining room looking out over the Loch felt like a morning at the cottage. After breakfast I went on the internet for a few minutes and was able to book a hotel for our f ... 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