The Lakes

The Scottish Adventure

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October 13th 2005
Thursday; our Scottish adventure. We set off to Scotland via the Lake District. The Lake District is lovely, and has great windy roads. Apart from the cold it would have been a good motorcycle road. We had lunch in Beatrice Potter country. We found another traditional pub (they’re everywhere)! Some of the roads around here were very tiny. After our lunch break, we set off again, through the co ... 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