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Life is tough at the bottom of the equality heap

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

The incident I am about to recount I make no judgment about, other than that I believe it tells us where we are in the cycle of civilisation and that it is helping me orientate myself.

A friend of mine was walking her dogs at the same beauty spot I walk my spaniels, when a car screeched into the car park sending children scurrying for their lives.

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