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20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 1 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 2 Welcome to the Norfolk Broads The Broads have been a favourite boating holiday destination since the early 20th century. The waterways are lock-free, although there are three Congratulations, bridges under which only small cruisers can pass. The area attracts you have reached all kinds of visitors, including ramblers, The Norfolk Broads. artists, anglers, and bird-watchers as well as people "messing about in boats". The Norfolk wherry, the traditional cargo craft of the area, can still be seen on the Broads as some specimens have been preserved and restored. 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 3 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 4 Welcome toT he Angel of theNorth As the name suggests, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres (66 feet) tall, with wings 54 metres (178 feet) wide – making it wider than the Congratulations, Statue of Liberty's height. The wings you have reached themselves are not planar, but are angled The Angel of the 3.5 degrees forward, which Gormley has been quoted as saying was to create North, Tyne and Wear. ”a sense of embrace”. It stands on a hill overlooking the A1 road and the A167 road into Tyneside and the East Coast Main Line rail route. 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 5 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 6 Welcome to Eilean Donan Castle Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic for Island of Donan), is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. Eilean Donan castle is the famous castle situated on the Congratulations, island. The castle was restored in the years between 1912 and 1932, the you have reached restoration included the construction Eilean Donan Castle, of an arched bridge to give easier access to the castle. It is now one of Highlands, Scotland. the most photographed monuments in Scotland and a popular venue for weddings and film locations, it has appeared in such films as Highlander. On a clear day it is possible to see the Isle of Skye from the castle. 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 7 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 8 Welcome to the Giant’s Causeway Legend has it that the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. Congratulations, One version of the legend tells that you have reached Finn McCool fell asleep before he got The Giant’s Causeway, to Scotland. When he did not arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed County Antrim, the bridge looking for him. To protect Northern Ireland. Fionn, his wife Oonagh laid a blanket over Fionn and pretended he was actually Fionn's baby son. 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 9 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 10 Welcome to Blackpool Blackpool is believed to get its name from a long gone drainage channel which ran over a peat bog. The water which ran into the sea at Blackpool was black from the peat and formed a Congratulations, "black pool" in waters of the Irish Sea. Blackpool rose to prominence as a you have reached major centre of tourism during the Blackpool, Lancashire. 19th century, particularly for the inhabitants of northern mill towns. Blackpool Tower, opened in 1894 and has been a dominant landmark of the Blackpool skyline for well over a century. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower of Paris, France. It is 158 m (518 ft 9 in) tall. 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 11 20944_RBW Postcards:20944_RBW Postcards 6/10/09 19:35 Page 12 Welcome to Durdle Door Durdle Door is one of Dorset's most recognisable features. Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band which can be seen two miles down Congratulations, the coast forming the narrow entrance to Lulworth Cove. Behind this is a you have reached 400 ft (120 metre) band of various Durdle Door, Dorset. weaker rocks which are easily eroded, and behind this is a stronger and much thicker band of chalk, which forms the Purbeck Hills. On a clear day you can see along the Jurassic Coast westwards towards Portland and eastwards towards Man of War Bay and Lulworth..