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Sat 03 Mar 2010A break on the make
ETHICAL TRAVELLER:I WAS LAZILY musing over my St Patrick’s Day break – traditionally a long walk followed by a get-together with good friends and a few pints – when an invitation to a knitting weekend landed on my doormat. I felt as if middle age had jumped up and grabbed me by the throat. What happened? I had gone to bed as a hiking, biking, desperately-trying-to- stay-young sort of girl and woken up as my granny.
I kept reading, however, and to my surprise I found myself falling into a world of comforting quilts, rocking chairs, herbal teas and beautiful works of art.
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