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Where has 2017 gone. Merry Christmas

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December 24th 2017
To those of you that have enjoyed reading my blog over the years I must apologise for the huge gap between this and the last one in the summer, which was at the beginning of July. I suppose the advent of social media means that those of you who are Face book friends will have a pretty good idea of what I have been up to. I do feel that social media is potentially reducing us to short sound bite ... read more

Europe » Spain » Region of Murcia

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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