evening meal

Appoigny

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August 12th 2009
Appoigny 11th August It is 8:30 and very hot. We were up at 3:30 am this morning to catch a taxi to Luton airport. Mohammed ripped through the empty streets, past Hemel Hempstead, along the M1 and into Luton in 25 minutes; try doing that at 8:30 in the morning. We tried to act like easyjet passengers from airport reality shows but were way too tired. We were very impressed with the lads on a f ... read more

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