Hadrian's Wall

Proper North - Hadrian’s Wall and Northumberland National Park

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August 22nd 2009
We set off early on Saturday morning negotiating our hire car out of Nottingham onto the M1 motorway following the signs for “The North”. Interestingly even after a couple of hours of driving the signs that we pass in North Yorkshire tell us that “The North” is still yet further ahead. We ponder this. There mustn’t be a Yorkshireman alive who would attest to be southern, but if Yorksh ... 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