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Dodgy Dirk Dealings

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May 9th 2015
"Let's go to Ronda" exclaimed Wendy the navigator with a flourish!! Your correspondent was a tad despondent at this suggestion as he was rather enjoying travelling through the hot and sunny landscape of southern Spain and really did not want to go to Wales. Happily though, I had misunderstood and we were going to a gorgeous town only a few hours away, where the sun shone brightly, everybody smiled ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Ronda

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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