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Goodness me, @NorthLondonLight has quite regained his appetite for the miles!
Goodness me, @NorthLondonLight has quite regained his appetite for the miles!
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HarmanMogul
@mespilus
Here's the map:
We did seem to have a problem escaping the gravitational pull of Ascot.
At the time, even through my persistent exertion I was certain we saw at least three sides of the racecourse. Later in an Italian cafe in Windsor, when we were refreshed by coffee and cheesecake, and had 'only' 25-ish miles to go, I broached the subject with @NorthLondonLight.
I enquired whether the route was an intentional update on Clint Eastwood's Coogan's Bluff,
where you will remember Eastwood's Sheriff character takes a taxi from JFK into central Manhattan.
'Say driver, how many Macy's you got in this town?'
'Just the one, Cowboy!'
'Well how come we've seen it three times?'
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