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On Hannibal's Trail
These guys are truly amazing! Three brothers engaged in an odyssey following on the footsteps of the great Hannibal, from the south of Spain, north across the Pyrenees, over the Rhone, crossing the high Alps, descending into Italy, travelling the length of the peninsula, over the Mediterranean to North Africa, not with an army or with elephants, but on bicycles! And not just any three brothers—these are not jocks or dilettantes; Sam Wood is an archaeologist, Ben, a software developer, and Danny, a journalist.
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The National Trust Roll Out The Carpet At Lyme Park!
A stunning new carpet weighing almost half a ton has been rolled out in the library at Lyme Park.The carpet is one of the final pieces in the three year project to restore the library to how it would have looked in the 19th century when the Legh family still lived there.
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