Hadrian's Wall

Lake District & Hadrian's Wall

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June 22nd 1991
The Lake District, a wild or manicured beauty? Irregularly shaped hills with rocky outcrops are laced with carefully placed stone walls separating paddocks. Walkers seem to strictly adhere to trials that slice through sheep and cattle pastures. I stay in Ambleside, alongside Windamere (panorama). Ambleside, located on the eastern shore, about a third down from the norther ... 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