The route

And so it begins...

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January 30th 2008
It is the night before the long day ahead. Well actually the morning of the long day ahead now I have finished writing this. I'm finally packed, in the sense that my rucksack is all fastened up. Though no doubt it will all be opened up again tomorrow either to add some extra items I have forgotton, or to take all the contents to pieces because it is just too heavy (though I can't see any possible ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Buckinghamshire

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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