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Empty returns

SATURDAY morning and another socially distanced litter pick, with hi-vis jackets, grabbers and recycling bags all supplied to the village by the local council. That means that the family, locked down together, can do a walk with a purpose. We’ve all realised that this third lockdown demands imagination to add as much variety as possible to the daily round—even for those of

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