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school trip to scotland (wales,england) 21.6.-1.7.2007

Come check out my planned 2009 tour of Scotland and some of Northern England.

Geno's Magical Mystery tour of Northern UK. I started in Aberdeen & hooned through Edinburgh, Newcastle, Durham, Whitby, Robin Hood Bay, Scarborough, Hull, York, Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Lakes District and of course, made a quick visit to Wales to the town with the 2nd longest name in the World: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch What a beautiful trip it was: terrific scenery, an abundance of history and some very funny accents.

I think it goes without saying that Hadrian's Wall is not one spot on the map, but rather a wall that extends along the northern border of England.  The wall was built in the early second century AD and became the northern border of the mighty Roman Empire.  Why, do you ask, did the Romans not just conquer all of England, rather than build a wall?  Well, they couldn't.  The Scots defeated the Romans time and time again, so Hadrian had a wall built to stop the attacks. ...