catching the train

Down South

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September 29th 2012
Just spent a few days with my school friend Hilary and her husband in Somerset. It was all very jolly, and we had a lovely time with them. It had rained rather heavily just before we went, both here and there, but we made it through. One day we took a steam train along the coast to Minehead. The other day we went to a nature reserve on the Somerset levels, where we saw a swimming snake and a king ... 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