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The Three Peaks Route
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English Wikipedia gives a death date of November 1977 for Bill Tilman. Is it not known exactly when he left Rio de Janeiro or when he listed his arrival date in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/05/2024

Who Was Otto Kubel?
The second subheading, Oil paintings, ends with equating Otto Kubel with such lesser-known works as oil-painted landscapes and portraits.
Your sample in-text images feature him as finessing naturalistic, realistic colors, details and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/05/2024

Lincolnshire : Grimsby Minster; St James
The Remembrance Walls appeal to me as such an enduring way of appreciating what brave casualties have done for their generation's and succeeding generations' survivors.
Whose initiative inspires such walls? Church, church and community, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/05/2024

19th Century Gothic and Sensation Literature
This wizzley advises us of The grey woman by Elizabeth Gaskell even as another wizzley advises us of her Manchester-address house.
This first-mentioned, same wizzley also considers the following authors and their books:
Mary Shelley - ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/05/2024

The Three Peaks Route
The Antarctic waters are very deep, stormy often packedvwith floating ice. They are hard to explore.
frankbeswick, on 06/05/2024

The Spectres in the Tower
We did have the Brown bear, while the grizzly and the polar bear were unknown. Bears were hunted to extinction in the early Middle Ages.
frankbeswick, on 06/05/2024

Blick Mead: Stonehenge's sacred spring
Treason or a high level of serious crime. But treason is the main one.
frankbeswick, on 06/05/2024

Blick Mead: Stonehenge's sacred spring
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Demotion being rare must be reassuring to the east-pond peerage ;-D.
But what might bring it about and would that demotion be permanent?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2024

The Spectres in the Tower
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What kind of bears did Great Britain have and what made them go extinct?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2024

The Three Peaks Route
The second paragraph to the first subheading, Beginning the journey, considers missing Bill Tillman and his missing ship.
Does it seem like nobody has a specific search area for him and his ship or does it seem like all the possible search ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2024

Understanding the Temptations of Christ
Thank you for your comment below on Aug. 14, 2017, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Genius Loci impresses me so much that it inspires the following question.
Is it possible that the other short stories mentioned below still ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2024

A New Piece of Land
South Eastern England has much chalk, which is a cretaceous deposit, and at places the rock is exposed. With the landowner's permission a fossil can be chipped out of the rock in any places not specifically protected.
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2024

Book Review: The Moor
Assess where you are and then find a suitable path that takes you on the optimal route off the moor. If you need to seek shelter find the best available, and do not try to descend in darkness.
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2024

Walking in North East Snowdonia: a quiet little jewel
Photographs are taken and then studied to assess the accuracy of the bombers.
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2024

Walking in North East Snowdonia: a quiet little jewel
Thank you for your comment below on Nov. 13, 2020, in answer to my previous-day observation and question.
What is used instead of bombs to attack targets and what will be studied for its accuracy at practice end?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2024