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Scotland the brave

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May 12th 2018
Got up with toast and marmalade and headed out to Culloden Battlefield. Very interesting, and harrowing, of course, even if we have no connection to the Scots. Then just 1 mile over to the Clava Cairns - ancient burial sites. Then another mile to see a bunch of baby Highland cattle. So cute. Then about 3.5 hours to St Andrews. But off course some of us had to find the loo, so we stopped f ... 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