Lake Windemere

Lake District

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October 1st 2008
After leaving Whitby on Tuesday 30 Sept, we went to the Lakes District. We stayed at a B&B in Ambleside. We went on a boat trip on Lake Windermere. The lake is 10 and half miles long! It rains 250 days of the year up in the lakes!, and it RAINED while we were there. I did some bowling in Lancashire and visited where my great great grandmother (Abigail Tyson) was born. ... 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