The Train

The Monster and the Stone of Poo

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August 3rd 2006
Now the title does not refer to the new JK Rowling book but to our adventures in the Scotish Highlands. We left Edinburgh on Sunday in the sunshine to travel to the most Northern part of our journey to Inverness. Now I didn't realise how big Scotland is but Inverness is 150 miles from Edinburgh and there is still about 100 miles more north of Inverness. Anyway, we got to our campsite and started ... 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