The Battle of Culloden

The Road tp Skye

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November 17th 2009
The Isle of Skye -- September 9, 10, 11, 2009 To visit Scotland is also to visit the Highlands. Early on the 9th we set off with Highland Experience Tours, which included an excellent guide (who had lived in Montreal & Toronto for 5 years before returning to Scotland) and a small number of other travelers. First we journed through Rob Roy territory, passing Stirling Castle, which is one of the ... 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