Barrow Custom House - now a restaurant

From the mountains to the sea - sand and nuclear waste

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September 2nd 2014
The UK certainly packs a lot of scenery - with enormous variation - into a small space. In a couple of hours today we travel from the English high country to the Cumbrian coast, traversing the great Settle-Carlisle railway. The scenery is classic dales - dry stone walls, small hamlets clinging to the side of steep valleys, high country sheep (small and cute, not the 'businesslike' Aussie bush ones ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria

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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