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The silver rain, the shining sun, the field where scarlet poppies run, And all the goodness of the wheat is in the food that I now eat. So as I sit for every meal , with grateful heart I always feel That I am eating rain and sun, and scarlet fields where poppies run....... A 'Secular Grace' from John Brierley's book

Pain in Ponferrada.......

August 22nd 2012
APOLOGIES..... ACCIDENTALLY MOVED THIS ENTRY TO 'SAVED' AFTER I ADDED A VIDEO .....SO THEN NEEDED TO 'REPUBLISH' TO MAKE IT ABLE TO BE READ AGAIN... ONLY THING DIFFERENT IS THE ADDED VIDEO - J XXX After the meal at the bar across the road, we went straight back to the parish hostel in the grounds of an old convent.....It was quite noisy, and more crowded - our 'overf ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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