Rhododendron bushes support little wildlife, but they look beautiful

A walk in the woods..-Allen Banks and Staward Gorge

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June 2nd 2007
Ok, it is true that everyone in England talk about the weather most of the time. I couldn’t understand why this is the case as I grew up in a country where weather is consistently unchanged, or at least no dramatic changes in a day. I also learnt that you have to seize the opportunity when the sun is out, as it might disappear with a flick of finger. It was a sunny Sunday in Newcastle; we deci ... 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