The Gunpowder Store

Scotland - Peebles to Haggerston

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May 21st 2011
Thursday 19th May 2011 Peebles to Haggerston 83 miles The weather seemed ok so we decided to visit Northumberland before heading home. Drove along the River Tweed to Melrose where there is an Abbey and two NT small gardens – Harmony and Priorwood, which also has a rare apple orchard, some trees dating from Roman times. On to another Abbey at Dryburgh and then through Coldstream to a small villag ... 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