Ivy on a neighbouring B&B

Walking in England - Lake District, Windermere, Saturday 1999 August 14

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August 14th 1999
I am sitting in a frigid ensuite room in Forestside Lodge at about 3:00 pm. I arrived at the hotel by taxi from Windermere, which cost £14.50 plus £2, but at least not soaked, as I would have been on the bus. As reserved, the hotel assigned me a single room without ensuite. The toilet and shower we ... 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