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23-Apr-2023

Today is Day 64.

Tomorrow we're off to the Isle of Man. We'll be back in England next month for a while, but Day 65's journey somehow launches us into the next phase of the Big Trip.

We've had a good final weekend, though. There was a trip to Ripley, Derbyshire:

bandstand

tree1

tree2

milestone

wildflowers

There were a final couple of walks around Newark:

green

walkway

flowers

We watched the London Marathon, cheering from our armchairs as the amazing Sifan Hassan won her race against all odds.

We went to Hardy's Farm Shop for coffee and cake (and were there at 3 o'clock, when the government's test of its new alert system set alarms off all round the cafe).

And then we packed...