Brian relaxing at Sofitel Hotel Heathrow

Sofitel, Heathrow

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December 28th 2014
Well we've reached the starting point for our holiday...the very new hotel adjoining Terminal 5. We had a relatively easy train journey down - luckily we got on early in the route so had seats...3 extra carriages had to be added at Oxford for all those standing. The Paddington line was very popular today as there is ongoing engineeting work around Kings Cross. Still only half a dozen of us took 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