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My desperately worn thin and about to hole jeans were replaced with an identical almost new pair, my black t-shirt which was chewed up by an overloaded washing machine in rainy northern Spain was replaced by one of several similar ones, and I picked up a few extra items for a bit of variety.<\/p>\n<p>Coming home has been great, but we&#8217;re now starting to say goodbyes again and it&#8217;s getting hard again.<\/p>\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re still in the UK and get the ferry back out to France in a week. So far Dave has had his MOT and we&#8217;ve been catching up with family and friends. 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