Uncle and nephew

Back in Blighty

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August 23rd 2008
The ferry back from Bilbao to Portsmouth gave us far more than we had bargained for. Our ears pricked up when shortly after departure we had an announcement on the Pride of Bilbao (our ferry) from the ships Wildlife Officer that he was imminently to give an introductory talk on our whale watching opportunities in the Bay of Biscay. We keenly clambered up to the top deck and listened hard through t ... 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