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In search of Basil in Torquay

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August 1st 2009
Saturday 1st August In search of Basil in Torquay Today we are off to visit and stay in a town that has been top of our list since 1975 and that wonderful TV series Fawlty Towers.For those readers who don’t know it and haven’t seen Basil and Sybil try to run the perfect British seaside hotel then you have missed classic comedy at its very best.Basil played by John Cleese is a bumbling but ver ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Devon » Torquay

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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