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THERE is no practice,’ according to the 18th-century agricultural reformer Sir John Sinclair, ‘which tends to renovate the constitution more than a temporary retirement to the country.’ How right he was. With the exception of a dental appointment, I haven’t been anywhere, except on foot, for almost a year and I challenge you to find a better renovated constitution

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