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Firstly, I love the magazine and I’ve been reading it for years, so ignore the moaners as there is lots of interesting and varied stuff, including the shed feature…what’s not to like?

This brings on to the point of my note. last year a'decent brand' rechargeable workshop lamp exploded and set fire to our integral double garage. It had only been left recharging unattended for a few minutes. It was a nightmare: boiler gone, fuse-box melted and worse. Many of my tools which I'd spent years building up gone, too. Luckily my bike was not damaged as it was about as far as

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