Huge ship approaching the land that time forgot

West side of the Lakes etc.

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May 15th 2010
Spent a week at a camp site near Silloth (on the Solway Firth) - the land that time really did forget. No tourist attractions here, just a small town stuck in the 50’s. Wide cobbled streets, friendly people, a very relaxed way of life - it’s quaint charm certainly worked on us. Having said that we were quite surprised to find a working port and spent a happy few hours watching an enormous s ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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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