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Campaigning on the hoof

Despite having announced on this page a fortnight ago that I have retired from having excitements, I find myself concocting an excitement of sorts. There is nowt so contrary as folk.

Also, the winter drags on and there is nothing as boring as mud. So my latest plan to buck things up here in the quiet shire that is Masterton is to

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