Category: Adventure

With the wind from the wild Yorkshire moorland whipping against his back, a young man stood on the cliffs above the bustling fishing village of Whitby, and gazed down on the scene below. The tiny harbour was crowded with sturdy, square rigged sailing ships —‘Whitby cats’ as they were known in nautical circles. It was one of these rugged vessels that James Cook was later to circumnavigate the world, discovering Australia and New Zealand on the way.
When were New Zealand and Australia discovered?

The Mongols were a fierce people who lived in central Asia. Always on the move with their herds, they lived in circular huts made of a wicker framework covered with felt. There was never enough pastureland and the many tribes were continually fighting each other to obtain the best land. Mongolian Empire

Long before the Angles, Saxons and Jutes or English, as we might call them, came to Britain as invaders and settlers, the Britons were Christians. They had learned the faith from their Roman conquerors as the Romans themselves became slowly and steadily converted to Christianity. – Canterbury Cathedral

A FAST-MOVING ship appears on the horizon. She flies a skull and crossbones flag! The ship draws alongside and hordes of bearded ruffians with gold rings in their ears and daggers between their teeth swarm on board. the Buccaneers

It was the year of 1805, the year it seemed that at long last Napoleon would invade England, which, for twelve years, had stood in the path of the Grand Armée’s complete domination of Europe. – The Nelson Touch