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Old 31 May 2010, 05:00   #1
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Old 31 May 2010, 06:41   #3
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Me thinks you will need to go round Wales and Scotland too,
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Me thinks you will need to go round Wales and Scotland too,
Maybe they are taking a short-cut through the Forth and Clyde canals. If they suddenly take the lead we will know why!
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eh?

But surely they're included in the OP's term "Great Britain"?

Now, Northern Ireland isn't of course
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eh?

But surely they're included in the OP's term "Great Britain"?

Now, Northern Ireland isn't of course

Hi Wilk,

it's a wee tease about this line in his blog "2000 miles round England & Ireland in 12 days". It sounds like a grand adventure and I for one am very jealous.

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Ah now, I might have been teasing too
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Old 31 May 2010, 15:17   #9
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We will just start at the bottom and keep all the hard bits on our right hand side till we end up where we started from Mike T,
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We will just start at the bottom and keep all the hard bits on our right hand side till we end up where we started from Mike T,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ent-coast.html

Just watch yourself when you get to the Isle of Sheppey!!!

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