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Nepal update
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Surveying the Severn
ByJohn MayObviously, one of the first things that Jack-Patrick had to do on reaching the United Kingdom was to go and see where his antecedents used to live. Here, therefore, you see me looking in one direction, his mum looking in another, his dad adjusting the buggy (complete with ‘festival wheels’) – and the dog and…
Two days of talk
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A right Royal afternoon
ByJohn MayIt’s not often that you get visited by a member of the British Royal family. Today, however, we were visited by three. HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and HRH The Earl of Wessex came to reopen Award House, home of The Duke Of Edinburgh’s International Award. And, apparently for the first time,…
Walking the Wall – Day 4
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