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Scotland - Castle Douglas to Isle of Arran

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May 7th 2011
Tuesday 3rd May 2011 Castle Douglas to Isle of Arran 97 miles..................... Well here we are on day 4, no sign of any internet – lucky if we get mobile phone signals!! We watched TV last night and saw that we have two days of good weather left before the rain moves in so we decided to move north and try to get to Oban for Thursday. We didn’t want to miss anything though so it was an ear ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland

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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