On the other side of Hadrian's Wall

Much of the wall has been taken away by farmers and souvenir hunters over the years but there was still enough of it to get a sense of how magnificent an architectural feat this was. The views were excellent and the sight lines were perfect for defensive purposes. On the Scots side of the wall were these reamins of a round tower. My guess is that this may have been some sort of observation post out in no-man's-land.

Day Six (From Wales to the Lake District to Carlisle)

July 18th 2006
One of the few drawbacks of travelling through an English-speaking country is that the TV news is in English. So first thing in the morning I learned that England was in the midst of an all-time heat wave. Temperatures this coming afternoon were expected to be in the mid 90's. And now we were headed deeper into the world that had no clue what "air conditioning" meant. The Welsh don't seem to ... 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

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