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Need some thrills?

Look, strapping yourself to a baking tray with wheels and careering downhill with little potential for stopping (other than hitting thankfully soft spectators and somewhat less forgiving barricades) is great fun.
Participation in the forthcoming Eastbourne Extreme isn’t mandatory. Indeed, watching other people risk life and limb can be just as rewarding and certainly less life-threatening.
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I think it’s quite telling that we don’t have a single guest staying here this weekend who’s visiting the Eastbourne Beer Festival. We even have a room free tonight for goodness sake (a rarity on a Friday night). Compare that with the next two weeks when we’re packed to the rafters with members of the [...]

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I’m thinking the debonair Leslie Phillips. Or Pierce Brosnan at a push. Anyway, we’ll see who turns up this Sunday given that it’s the 19th annual  MG South Downs run. At least the organisers had the foresight to avoid coinciding it with the forthcoming Eastbourne Beer Festival. What a combination that might have been….

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