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Day 15 (Wednesday) Holyhead Wales

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May 18th 2011
If this is Wednesday, then it must be Holyhead, or vice versa. First let us add a couple of items which were omitted from yesterday’s note. Our tour guide was named Cognac and the driver was Gilbert. They were both very good (Gilbert is also a guide when not being the driver) and probably were on equal footing with Paula from Rome (see last year’s blog). One of the things they pointed ou ... 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