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Spectator: Keeping fit the herd way
Lucy Baring is amazed at someone exercising alongside a herd of sheep.
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Spectator: Dreaming of an apple orchard
Lucy Baring dreams of an orchard.
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Spectator: Children playing grown-ups
Lucy Baring says a job is child's play.
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Spectator: Walk the line
Lucy Baring doesn't want to walk the line.
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Spectator: The art of travelling light
Lucy Baring waves goodbye again.
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Spectator: New Year, new resolutions
Lucy Baring is resolved not to make any resolutions this year.
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Spectator: And now, let us give thanks...
Why is thank you so hard to say, asks Lucy Baring.
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Spectator: I can resist anything but temptation
Lucy doesn't like to follow the crowd.
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Top of the to do list: give up
December means deadlines, and Lucy is ready to give up.
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Spectator: Happiness is lost in translation
Lucy recalls her foreign-exchange trips.
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Spectator: Getting cracking for Christmas
Lucy despairs at the thought of making her own Christmas crackers.
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Spectator: Fruity faux pas
Lucy Baring is plagued by fruity failures.
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Spectator: Beyond the dreams of avarice
Lucy dreams of winning the lottery or being Prime Minister.
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Spectator: She shoots, she scores
Lucy Baring has learnt to understand football, but shooting is still a mystery.
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Spectator: The end of the paper trail
Lucy buys a new diary and starts researching the origins of her house.
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Spectator: Day of destruction
Lucy meets the tree surgeon and assesses the damage.
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Spectator: Fur coats and grape guesswork
Lucy admires a fur coat and looks forward to the vineyard harvest.
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Spectator: Quailing in my boots
Lucy tries to resist adding another animal to her family.
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Spectator: A bridge too far
As Olive heads to university in Bristol, Lucy considers new horizons.
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Spectator: Real life starts
Spectator enjoys a last minute family holiday to Ile de Re.
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The optimism of the fisherman
Lucy watches Zam’s indefatigable optimism in the face of the elusive seabass on holiday
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Spectator: The family camping trip
Chaos ensues at the annual family camping trip
