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Article: Absence can't make my heart grow any fonder.(News)

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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
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April 12, 2005
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Byline: By Liz Shankland

Going on holiday is never easy when your home is a smallholding which needs looking after

I NEVER thought we'd do it, but we've finally booked ourselves a holiday. Before long, we'll be sliding those cases on the conveyor belt and heading into the departure lounge for our gin and tonics.

Okay, so no great shakes for most people, but we haven't been away for three years now, so it's a pretty momentous occasion for us. Gerry was the one that cracked; in fairness to him, he's been working round the clock on various work ...

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