Wishing tree, Fairy Glen

Culture, blood, fairies and castles

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August 15th 2010
Our closest city is Inverness, the base that so many tourists use to visit the Highlands. Its perched on the River Ness, which drains from Loch Ness to the Moray Firth. You can travel by boat from the East coast of Scotland across to the West coast through a series of locks and lochs! Some of the lock systems are up to seven locks high, enabling a boat to travel upstream through a series of steps ... 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