View from the Battlement at Dunvegan

Skye to Edinburgh

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June 15th 2009
On Saturday, we were on the road again on the Isle of Skye... First we had to see the sites then it was the monstrous drive to Oban. We first took in a couple of the little tourist stops... the first was a tannery that made sheep skins, you may see one of these in our living room one day. The second was a place that died yarn with natural dies found only in nature... not all that exciting. Afte ... 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