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Disco dating!

I‘VE been asked out by a tall and handsome man who drives a Discovery. It’s a first for me as, in general, I’m a bit of a Land Rover ‘loner’. I‘ve only ever had a couple of Land Rover-owning friends and have certainly never dated a fellow enthusiast.

When I’m waiting to be picked up outside the train station, out of the corner of my eye I see an enormous, flashy and distinctly smooth-cornered vehicle approaching and mentally write it off as an oversized SUV. But it flashes its lights and slows

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