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They’ll keep a rifle in the hillside: going for a stupid walk for my stupid mental health
Slow Ways' stories editor, Tom, ventures out for a not-so-meditative walk from Ystrad Mynach to Caerphilly I’ve been editing Slow Ways stories throughout winter this year. Despite this, I have barely been out myself. I...
Thomas Morris
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2 April 2023
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