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a loch, a lock, a lodge and a lab

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July 4th 2007
It's the 4th of July and we can't find any fireworks? I wonder why?? Today we slept in a little while and laid around the lodge, drank tea, read books, etc. We also went into Fort Augustus and watched the sailboats going from Loch Linnhe to Loch Ness on the locks. Instead of mules (like on the Erie canal song) the owners had to tow their own boats! Then we took a boat trip on Loch Ness. You' ... 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