Bob walking on the English Moors

Dartmoor National Park

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June 23rd 2008
June 23, 2008 Okehampton to Dartmoor National Park, England Up early to shop before we leave for our hike. I have learned shopping at Marks and Spenser is an expensive deal, so we look for Tesco, or Somerfield for food shopping. Dartmoor National Park is England's greatest expanse of wilderness, some 365 square miles of raw granite and heather-growth moor. The hike today meets at S ... 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