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GUILT EDGED

’ve just been guiding a cycle tour of London and the Thames Path. It was a mixed group, some on two-grand carbon bikes with big-mileage Strava profiles, others on a mate’s old MTB posting snaps of ice-cream to Facebook. I’d guided parties over the same route in the past, but this time it was better. Part of the trip is ‘London sights from the

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