Lugo city wall

Just waiting for a wet day

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June 9th 2018
Hi Dot Now I blame the weather! You could be forgiven for thinking we are still in Spain when actually we have been back in the UK for over five weeks. My excuse is that blog writing is a wet day activity and we haven’t had one since we came home! Now I know a lot a folk have had thunder, lightning, floods, plagues of locust etc. and there has been some rain in Cheadle Hulme, but only on days w ... 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