That's a girly bike!

All in a day's ride

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May 10th 2008
The suburbs of Edinburgh are where shopping trolleys go to die. And people too, judging by the number of grey housing blocks under grey skies with grey barbed wire along the fences. The homes are bland 20th century creations to replace the once-squalid homes in the medieval high rise of the Old Town, near the castle, presumably after somebody realised the tourist potential of that area. In these d ... 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