Beach at Iona

Scotland - Staffa and Iona

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May 7th 2011
Friday 6th May 2011 Staffa and Iona 54 miles................... Forecasts aren’t always right and we awoke to a beautiful sunny day! The bay was even more beautiful but we left at 9.00 am to get the ferry to Iona and Staffa where it had been promised we would see seals and puffins. The boat looked decidedly small and was being tossed around quite a bit in the water so it was with slight trepidat ... 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