John O'Groats

Wild-in-Scotland

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August 18th 2006
So I'm back from my 9 day whirlwind Wild-in-Scotland adventure, and what can I say, I am totally in love with this country. It's so green and hilly and panoramic in a way I could never capture on film - or memory card, as the case may be. A little bit like New Zealand actually, only err..quite a bit colder and a lot less with the blue skies and sunshine. But then again, we were pretty lucky with t ... 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