balloons everywhere

Home again

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February 23rd 2008
Wednesday 20th February Oh to be in England now that ..err winter’s still here; England appeared covered in frozen fog as we took the train up to York then over to Harrogate (white sky reaching down to white earth with fragile white trees and only a couple of hundred yards visible in any direction); but a great welcome home with balloons everywhere! Then when the 'kids' got back we had ... 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