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Monday morning saw half a dozen Spokers gathering on Winners forecourt for a 27 mile outing to Wimpole and back.

On the return leg we pulled up for a photo at the Orwell meridian marker
27 miles: Shelford - Newton - Thriplow - Foxton - Barrington - Orwell - Wimpole - Orwell - Shepreth - Fowlmere - Newton - Shelford


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