View west from Scout Scar

Walking in England - Levens Park, Thursday 1999 August 19

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August 19th 1999
Once again, thank goodness, the weather forecast was wrong. No showers of any sort, light cloud and occasional gusty wind. We mainly walked along a limestone ridge, and Vince led. Andy took a day for paperwork, to my mind an odd decision in the midst of a week’s walking program. No problems, however. Vince does explain a lot more along the way than Andy or John, although as Catrina, a Parisian, ... 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