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Caen Hill Locks

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September 14th 2011
The House boats Looking at my photos, I see I had forgotten to mention one part of the first day – along the way to Bath we stopped at the Caen Hill Locks Divizes Caen is celtic for beautiful, this was my little snippet of new word knowledge of the day, thought I’d share it. Here I got to first sample an English cup of tea and nibbles and was there to see a house boat come into the locks, as ... 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