Enjoying the pebbles

London - Part I

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June 20th 2006
Well Clapham (where I’m staying with Rodney and Javier) is a rather nice spot in London, but like everywhere else it was it’s quirks………like the fisherman I stumbled upon who were camped out and fishing in a pond on Clapham Common about 10 metres away from a busy thoroughfare (it was an odd sight). The Tube is great to access everything in the city, and so I’ve used it to venture into ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London » London City

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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