Hardknott Fort

Hardknott Pass - Lake District

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May 26th 2009
With Bernie fully recovered from whatever it was that had him feeling crook last night we headed off to the Lakes District this morning after breakfast. On the way we decided that we should give the TomTom voice a name rather than continuing to call her TomTom. An iconic Australian woman’s name we thought. Bernie’s first suggestion was Priscilla, but I thought that the ‘Queen of the Desert†... 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