Tossing the caber - Wednesday

Onwards towards Loch Lomond

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August 7th 2006
Monday After a full Scottish breakfast, cooked by Liz after dropping Finn at nursery, we packed the car and headed for the M8. After skirting around Glasgow we crossed the Erskine Bridge and saw the Waverley paddling down the Clyde towards Greenock. Moving on we had a very quick trip into Lomond Shores, where we popped into Hawkshead and Misty Glen (the little jewellery shop), and ... 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