Hastings 3

The hill we climbed and a castle on top

March 8th 2009
I was well excited to get to travel to England for two weeks! I am horrible at planning, so I thought it would be more cheap and convenient to take a Greyhound bus for 1 1/2 days to New York to fly to London... as exciting and interesting as it was, it was completely unnecessary. Fun, though. On the journey, I met a woman at the station, and when she asked where I was going, I said England and 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

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Vanessa Mae

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***Plotting my next trip*** <<Mar2011-May2011: Spain; Portugal; Donkey Rescue in Spain; Spontaneous trip to Romania; Gallivanting in Ukraine; etc...>> <<Jan2010-Apr2010: Travel in Eastern Europe ; Dog sanctuary in Galati; WWOOF farming in Transylvania.>> <<Oct2009-Jan2010: England and Wales>> <<Jun2009-Oct2009: Backpack Central America; Animal "Rehab" centre in Costa Rica (more like a meditating petting zoo); Wildlife centre and turtle project in ... full info

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12th January 2011

Roy MacDonald
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Funicular Railway Towers
That's not a castle but the water tank enclosures which are part of the water balance system that the railway originally ran on. One carriage up one down. Built in 1903. The steepest funicular railway in the UK.

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