Christchurch

Counting down the days?

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June 20th 2007
I leave in four and a half days. Four and a half days? How has it come up so fast and I've not even noticed? I'm still in my hometown, Oxford, and busy preparing, visiting friends and relatives, doing a few days work for a slice of money before I go. This post is in part a test as I've never used this site before but also a glimpse of the beginning of this adventure I suppose. As of now, I can't ... 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