Edinburgh Castle

Through the hills of Scotland

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October 14th 2014
Tuesday Arriving in Edinburgh, the first thing we noticed was how much colder it was. Feeling unprepared, one of the first stops we made was to a gift shop and we purchase some nice fluffy Scottish hats. We felt that we were prepared to handle anything Scotland could through at us, as we planned to walk from Edinburgh to Glasgow, a long 15 hour hike that we would attempt in just two days ... 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