Da Vinci's design for the Helicopter

On to Spain

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October 6th 2016
Okay folks it is two weeks later........... It poured with rain the whole journey from Bayeux to St Quentin de Blavou and at a coffee stop we realised we had water coming through the air conditioning unit and had a sizeable damp patch on the duvet and the bed. Luckily it hadn’t penetrated the mattress so I stripped everything off and put down plastic and towels till we got to the helpx. We arri ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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