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In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

Dan Jones discusses cycling more than 3,000 miles from Trondheim in Norway to Kalamata in Greece

Katie Jones
Editor, 草榴社区 Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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In Your Field: Dan Jones - 'Despite trying to escape farming, I spent much of the journey looking over hedges'

I was relieved to arrive home on the Great Orme after 18 days cycling across Europe, although peace and quiet were never guaranteed. Within hours of arriving home, I received a request to move...

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