Wheeee!

Snow business

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January 13th 2010
Well, it was a white Christmas and then some! All over the country there's been snow, we've had three weeks of it here, the worst for over 20 years. But last weekend in particular it was literally Baltic!! The daytime temperature where we live dropped to -8degC, but it was bright sunshine and stunningly beautiful. Saturday we walked along the beach, where the sanddunes were deep in snow. On ... 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