Walter Scott Monument and the Castle behind

Edinburgh Castle

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July 6th 2012
Ahhhhhh, a quiet day (relatively). We woke up to drizzle, so said some curse words (new ones like feck and shite) and then decided to run later in the day. (Incidently, the rain kept up during our bus ride to town and then stopped before we got off the bus and never did start again!) After some breakfast, we hopped on the A44 down the road (that's a bus) and arrived right on Princes Street in ... 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