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The magnifiant Tyne Bridge, Newcastle



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British  Flag 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]
Blog: The Grim North
Date: May 18th 2011

14th - 17th May 2011 - Northumbria The pelting rain is driven by the frozen wind directly into our faces as we struggle up the barren hillside towards the ridge through the littered remains of an Empire. The bleak dales rising up around are almost invisible through the sheets of rain, as if the weather is determined to force upon you the extent of the desolate, miserable isolation of this place ... read more


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