Council for National Parks - Information on all the National Parks of England and Wales and the work of CNP, a registered charity.
Wales National Nature Reserves - A very detailed guide of around 50 national nature reserves. In both Welsh and English, one can also purchase a hard copy of the book.
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Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
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Where there is an unknowable there is a promise.
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For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.
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The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.
-- Mark Twain Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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