The Commando Monument

Aviemore to Glasgow

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June 24th 2011
Avimore to Glasgow Passing through Kinloch Laggan we noticed another castle (Ardverikie) – commonly filmed in ‘Monarch of the Glen’, a popular TV program in the UK. Just before heading south we visited a memorial to The Commandos who gave their lives in service of Britain during the 1939-1945 War. We drove on to Fort William, in the shadow of Ben Nevis (tallest mountain in Scotland ... 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