Alnwick Gardens

Day 20—Alnwick, Castle Howard, York.

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October 4th 2007
Last night we were still up at 10pm and it promptly started to pour down with rain. We were expecting it to rain all night, but it stopped after 30 minutes. It got very humid while it was raining. We got up the next morning and there were puddles everywhere. We headed of early to get to Alnwick Castle and arrived just before the 9.30 opening time in my Lonely Planet Guide. The sign out the f ... 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