View from Oxford Castle

Oxford..

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March 20th 2007
Despite the temptation to stay inside in the warm, I ventured out into Oxford today and went exploring in the Oxford Museum, up to Oxford Castle (view is fantastic but so bloody cold!!), followed by a wander through the Covered Market before finishing the day off on a hop-on-hop-off bus which showed the sights and gave some of the history to Oxford! These buses are cool! Hope they have them everyw ... 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