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August 29th 2009
firstly apologies to all for the lack of entries so far - seems we have been "on the run" since we left home and only now are things slowing down enough to let you know what's been happening. our last stop was the youth hostel in Bath and possibly the less said about that the better. A shame because bath itself was fantastic. today we are in Flushing in Cornwall in a gorgeous cottage overlo ... read more

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