Falkirk wheel

Bonnie Scotland!

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July 28th 2006
Arrived in surprisingly sunny scotland today after a beautiful drive through the north of england. on the way up we decided to join the Da Vinci trail and visit rosslyn chapel. I stupidly imagined it to be exactly how it is in the book. Perhaps i just missed out the part of the story when the fella has to pay 7 quid to get in, and the part where he admires the corragated iron roof and the scaffold ... 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