Loch Ness and Trees

Highlands and Islands

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August 4th 2015
My baby sister is a medical student up in the wilds of Scotland, so I’m used to having to don Arctic clothing and trek the million miles by car, train, plane and bus to see her. When my parents informed me that she was going on placement in Inverness, I thought: Great, somewhere I’ve actually heard of and actually has a train station, this trip shouldn’t be so bad! What they conveniently lef ... 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