"Clapper" bridge, Postbridge, Dartmoor

Dartmoor

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September 29th 2012
Today, as the weather was forecast to be fine, we decided to spend the day on Dartmoor, which is in Devon, about an hour's drive away. We stopped in the little village of Postbridge (to get a pastie for lunch) and luckily decided to pop into the excellent visitor information centre. In retrospect that was a very good decision as we probably would never have found the places we wanted to visit ... 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