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At home in the Highlands

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August 9th 2010
We're off to Scotland, catching a train from Kings Cross to Inverness, covering a very large portion of Britain in one day. As we pass through the countryside England seems very flat and when we reach Scotland there are a lot more hills, and the transition from the lowlands to the highlands is pretty stark with the trees replaced by the purple heather in flower. The journey gives Tessa and me 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