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Struggling with Gaelic

I’ve been learning Gaelic for nearly five years now, and I do enjoy it and have made some great friends and we do have fun… but really I’m not getting to grips with it somehow. I confess that I don’t work on it as much as I used to, I used to do half an […]

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Spades

Originally posted on Lois Elsden:
I love funny little museums, the Pencil Museum in Keswick, Cumbria, is wonderful. It gives a fascinating glimpse into the history of that so commonly used writing tool, the humble pencil. Pencils had a huge impact on history, believe it or not… but go to the museum and find out, and enjoy a…

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