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Niagara

Our one and only trip to America

in the Fall, almost forty-five

years ago. Rhode Island, Cape Cod,

Vermont, New Hampshire, Boston

... Niagara.

 

We drove through Buffalo

towards the falls, passing gaudy

'honeymoon hotels' boasting

the size of their water-beds.

The view from the US side

 

was impressive, yes, 

the little tourist boat almost

under the cascade. We briefly

crossed the border, where

the water's much closer;

 

you stand on the path ,

see it plunging only feet

away. The view from Canada

was grander, whatever

Donald Trump might say. 

 

 

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Stephen Gospage

Sat 15th Mar 2025 17:20

I was there around that time, Greg. Even with Reagan on the way, there seemed to be so much hope. Everything seemed possible. It still is, but in a thoroughly mean and rotten way.

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Graham Sherwood

Sat 15th Mar 2025 09:04

It would do him good to see things from a different angle now again. An abhorrent oaf!!!

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