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Let your running loose

■ Distance: 8 ½ miles/13.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

We’d received an invitation to attend a motorhome and caravan preview day, which was to be held in the North-East, and this is when the conversation started. Kay suggested that it had been a long time