Putting out on the 18th...

Edinburgh in summer....

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July 13th 2006
Well I did not expect the London heat wave (it did get up to 31 degrees Celsius for a few days whilst I was there) to follow me to Edinburgh …and it did not. I enjoyed many days of cool and overcast weather but, thankfully, no rain to speak of. And my final day, which I spent walking in the Botanical Gardens and along the Water of Leith from the city to Portobello was just lovely and sunny. A ... 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