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  • After multiple strokes of bad luck, like hitting his head on the doorpost and having to get four stitches, and the plane being delayed by 13 hours because of a hurricane, Plym arrived at Tenerife this morning around eight.

    weekly nathreee 2010

  • After multiple strokes of bad luck, like hitting his head on the doorpost and having to get four stitches, and the plane being delayed by 13 hours because of a hurricane, Plym arrived at Tenerife this morning around eight.

    Tenerife day 4 nathreee 2010

  • Thompson is guiding a visitor along the shore of the Plym River estuary, near where it joins the sea.

    Excerpt: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 2007

  • But the main history of Plymouth lies at its edge, in the natural harbor formed at the confluence of two rivers, the Plym and the Tamar, where they join the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

    Excerpt: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 2007

  • Saltram House, “a George II mansion with its original contents, set in an attractive 500 acre parkland on the banks of the River Plym”.

    Plymouth in WONDERLAND! | Obsessed With Film 2008

  • To the south-west the country that Alfred was called upon to govern reached to the valley of the Plym, and so "West Wales" or Cornwall became the last retreat of those Britons who refused to bow to the Saxon.

    Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes

  • Harbourne, Avon, Lud, Erme, Yealm, and Plym, all flowing from Dartmoor; and although there was such a heavy rainfall on the uplands, it was said that no one born and bred thereon ever died of pulmonary consumption.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • The fisherman had an opportunity of learning that the tides of the Plym, Fal, and Dart were beyond computation better than those of the Severn; in fact, he was asked to believe that the last-named river was no better than a mud heap that got flooded with brackish water twice a day.

    Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan

  • There have been decorators and furnishers up from Plym - outh, and it is evident that our friend has large ideas and means to spare no pains or expense to restore the grandeur of his family.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

  • There have been decorators and furnishers up from Plym - outh, and it is evident that our friend has large ideas and means to spare no pains or expense to restore the grandeur of his family.

    The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

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