Leeds

June 21st: Homecoming... a very wet homecoming

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June 29th 2012
June 21st: After yesterday's travel debacle I didn't really want to take any risks, so I set off nice and early. I don't want to get too poetic but there is something lovely about walking in England after a brief spell of rain, the air smells so sweet (apart from the car exhaust fumes). Collected my ticket and, though I was planning on staying at the station, I've popped off t ... 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