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Everyone thinks the other man's grass is greener.
Everyone, that is, except for the Sussex walker!
We are the Sussex 12 Milers. We are not a club and we have no committee, no AGMs and no fees of any kind. We are simply a growing group of friends who enjoy walking in Sussex. You are welcome to join in on any or all of our walks which are held every 10 days throughout the year.
Just so that you know what you are letting yourself in for:
The general pattern of our walks is a distance of about 12 miles, at about 2.5-3 mile per hour pace. This translates into a start at 9.30, then walking for about 2.5 hrs to 12ish for an early lunch (generally a pub but can be a picnic), where we have a good long break for an hour and then we do another 2.5 hrs until about 3.30. It is unusual for us to have coffee or snack breaks.
Walking Tips
Here are a few tips for the fairly new walker. If you can think of any to add to the list please let me know. yofi@btinternet.com
1: FOOT CARE: Keep your toe nails cut short. Long toe nails are often the cause of bleeding toes.
2: FOOT CARE: Always wear seamless walking socks. You can buy these in any outdoor shop such as Millets. A seam is often the cause of a blister.
3: SORES: Rub a little vaseline in your arm pits, nipples and groin. You'll be surprised how much more comfortable you will feel.
4: RUNNING REPAIRS: Always carry a small first aid kit, even if it's just plasters, plus spare shoe/boot laces. Another very important item in your kit should be a tube of Ibuprofen Gel (costs £2 or £3). It's marvelous for strains, cramp and other achy bits!
5: WATER: Everyone has their own method of carrying water. I prefer the small bottles you can buy in Poundland. 6 for a quid. The water is nothing special but it's the bottles I like. They are fairly small so I keep one in my pocket and one in my backpack. They have a "sports" top. Click it down to shut. Remember you can always refill them at pubs, cafe's etc or at any house in the country. Oh, by the way - don't get sucked in by the adverts for expensive sports drinks. You can't beat ordinary tap water.
6: MAPS: If you are not walking with a group we all know we should carry a compass or a GPS but you'd be surprised how many people do not carry a ordnance survey map with them. They cost about £8 each in WH Smiths or similar but when you consider how little walking costs compared to other sports or hobbies that's peanuts really.
7: HATS: Always keep a hat in your backpack. You will need it in the rain, wind and sun.
8: CLOTHING: In the winter the most important item of clothing is a windproof coat, something like a waterproof ski jacket. Even on a very cold day you will soon warm up without wearing thermals and thick pullovers. Also important are gloves. It's very difficult to walk along in the countryside with your hands in your pockets.
9: RAIN: If you're wearing shorts in the summer but there's a chance of rain keep a pair a trousers in your backpack. Not to keep your legs dry but to stop the rain running down your legs into your boots.
10: KNEES: If you have any trouble with your knees it might be an idea to invest in a pair of walking poles. Not everyone likes them but some say they do take the weight off your knees a little, especially on hills.
11: FOOTWEAR: There's a variety of footwear. Real walking boots cost from around £50 upwards, most of them around the £80 mark. Even if you do a lot of walking a pair will last you for a couple of years so they don't work out expensive. There are some shoe shops that will resole them for you so they will last even longer.
In the summer, many people prefer to use walking trainers which also cost about £80. There are some who walk in cheap trainers bought somewhere like Asda but these do not give any ankle support and are not recommended for cross-country walking on rough ground.
In the winter a few prefer to wear bog-trotters. They look like wellingtons but allow your feet to breathe unlike wellingtons which make your feet sweat causing blisters. However, there are two people in our group (yes, I'm one of them) who wear ordinary wellingtons in the middle of winter (Dunlops £14 most shoe shops), but you do need a good pair of thick, long, seamless socks. However, wellingtons are not recommended as they do not give any ankle support which is important to the fairly new walker.
Sussex Trivia
1: The heaviest hailstone ever recorded in Britain fell on Horsham on September 5, 1958. It weighed 5oz and was the size of a tennis ball. 2: Charles Wells, who lived at 86, Fort Road, Newhaven in 1891 was the man immortalised in the song "The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo." 3: John Christie founded Glyndebourne Opera House as a stage for his wife, soprano Audrey Mildmay. 4: Camber Castle, near Rye, was the only Sussex castle built during the reign of Henry VIII. 5: Roedean School was founded by three sisters, Penelope, Dorothy & Millicent Lawrence. They first used houses in the town until the present building was opened in 1899. 6: An ‘ampre-ang’ was a tooth ache in old Sussex dialect. 7: James Hannington from Hurstpierpoint was an Anglican missionary killed by natives in Eastern Equatorial Africa. He was known in Africa as ‘One thumb white boss’ because as a nine year old he tried to destroy a wasp’s nest with a home made bomb and blew his thumb off! 8: St Leonards was built by James Burton who had a dream one night about building a beautiful town by the sea. 9: The world’s first cannon was cast here in Sussex by Ralph Hogge who lived in Buxted. His cannon was reputedly used against the Armada in 1588. The iron industry flourished here during the 16th & 17th centuries. 10: C.B.Fry scored 3,147 runs for Sussex in 1901 including six consecutive centuries. He also held the world long-jump record for 21 years, played football and cricket for England. Besides this he was a schoolmaster, journalist, broadcaster, novelist and . . .declined the throne of Albania! 11: Magnus Volk, who was buried at Ovingdean, is well known as the inventor of the first electric railway but did you know he also invented a ‘parlour telegraph’ for domestic communications and remote detonators for under-water mines? 12: In 1901, Bexhill became the first town in Britain to sanction mixed bathing. 13: Bewl Water near Ticehurst, East Sussex completed in 1975 and holding 6,900 million gallons of water is the largest expanse of inland water in south-east England. 14: According to folklore the Brede Giant, who was an ogre and ate little children , was sawn in half by the children of Sussex on Groaning Bridge after they got him drunk! 15: As a thank you to the Duke of Wellington for the victory of Waterloo the nation offered him Uppark House which is on top of the South Downs near Petersfield. He said "No thank you. I’ve already crossed the Alps once and don’t intend repeating the experience for the rest of my life!" 16: The Snowdrop Inn in Lewes is named after Britain’s worst ever avalanche disaster which occurred in 1836 on the hill overlooking the town. Eight people were killed. 17: In West Sussex you can find 4 villages all near each other with the name Marden. 1: North Marden. 2: East Marden. 3: West Marden but what’s the 4th? The answer is Up Marden – so called because it’s on a hill. So if you are in North Marden you can say "I’m going down from North Marden to go up to Up Marden!" 18: On the Downs between Plumpton and Westmeston is a plantation of trees in the shape of a V. This was planted in celebration of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. 19: Virginia Woolf committed suicide in the River Ouse at Rodmell (between Newhaven & Lewes) in 1941. Her ashes were sprinkled under an oak tree in the garden of her house, now owned by the National Trust. 20: In 1742 a Rye butcher named Breeds attempted to kill the mayor, Thomas Lamb, but murdered someone else by mistake. Breeds was arrested after going round the town shouting "Butchers should kill Lambs!" 21: Aleister Crowley, who died in Hastings in 1947, was called ‘the wickedest man in the world.’ He preached the gospel of ‘do what thou wilt’. 22: Rosslyn Bruce was an eccentric rector in Herstmonceux from 1923-1956. He was also an animal fanatic and amongst other things bred a rather strange mouse. It was green! 23: St Leonard’s parish church has a pulpit shaped like a Galilean ship’s prow. 24: The nursery rhyme tells us that Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. By going "up" the hill their water source must have been a dew pond and not a well as often portrayed in drawings. 25: The Tiger Inn at Friston took its name from the tiger on the local lord’s coat of arms. However, after 200 years an expert announced that it was actually a puma – but they decided to leave the pub as The Tiger! 26: Shipley mill, near Billingshurst, built in 1879 making it the youngest and largest windmill in Sussex was owned for a time by the writer Hilaire Belloc. 27: The first mammal to become extinct in Britain since the wolf in 1740 was the mouse-eared bat, Britain’s largest species with a wing span of 18 inches. The very last specimen died in Sussex in 1992. 28: Chanctonbury Ring was planted in 1760 by a gentleman named Charles Goring. It was not meant to be a ring at all but a circular woods. However the trees in the centre did not take route because of a Roman temple just under the surface. 29: Lancing, Ardingly and Hurstpierpoint colleges were all founded by Canon Nathaniel Woodard who lived in Henfield. 30: John Wesley Woodward was a cellist with several orchestras in the Eastbourne area. His last performance was on board the Titanic! 31: St Bartholomews in Brighton is the tallest parish church in England. It was built to the supposed dimensions of Noah’s Ark and measures 140 feet to the top of the cross. 32: William Huskisson, who was an MP for Chichester, was the first man to be killed in a railway accident. He was hit by Stephenson’s Rocket on September 15th 1830. 33: The highest point in Sussex is Black Down up on the Surrey border. It is 919 feet above sea level. The highest point in Sussex on the South Downs is Littleton Down (between Chichester & Midhurst) at 836ft, Ditchling Beacon is 813ft, Wolstonbury Hill 738ft, Firle Beacon 713ft and Beachy Head, which is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain is just 530 feet. 34: It is claimed that the smallest house in Sussex is in Northiam, between Rye & Hawkhurst. The house, called Smugglers, has one room upstairs and one down – but a family of five lived there once. 35: Vera Lynn, "The Forces Sweetheart," has lived in Ditchling for many years. 36: A husser-and-squencher was the old Sussex dialect name for a beer & gin! 37: The Brighton General Hospital was originally built as a workhouse. 38: In days gone by Sussex was sometimes referred to as "Silly Sussex", but not because we are daft. "Silly" came from the old English "saelig" meaning happy or blessed. 39: Newhaven is the only port between Dover and Portsmouth accessible at all states of the tide for vessels of up to four metres draft. 40: The Normans divided Sussex into six administrative areas running from east to west. These areas were named "rapes". 41: Several ponds not far from Battle Abbey provided the power supply for the gunpowder industry that thrived in the area from 1676 to 1874. There were some notable accidents: Sedlescombe Powderworks blew up in December 1764 killing 4 men and Battle Powderworks was destroyed in March 1801. 42: Harvey’s Brewery of Lewes celebrated its two hundredth anniversary in 1990. 43: Burgess Hill supplied 14,400 bricks and two thousand tiles for the building of Stanmer House in the early 18th century – and are still making bricks. 44: While engineers were looking for water at Heathfield in 1895 they discovered some natural gas and this was used to light the railway station until the 1930s. 45: Bexhill was the first town in England to organise motor racing trials in 1902. 46: The first ever test match played between England and Australia was played in Sussex. Not in Hove but in Sheffield Park (by the Bluebell Railway). The first Earl of Sheffield was a passionate cricket supporter and the visiting Australians always used to begin their tour of England by playing Lord Sheffield’s XI. 48: A plaque in Middle Street, Brighton records that William Friese-Greene carried out his early cinematography experiments here. Hollywood, eat your heart out! 49: Frederick Stanley Mockford is buried in Selmeston, Sussex. He was an air radio pioneer and it was he who originated the call "Mayday". 50: Most of us know that John Logie Baird transmitted the very first television pictures but do you know where it happened? It was in Hastings, Sussex. So we are the ones to blame for Eastenders! 51: James Starley was brought up in Albourne, Sussex but later moved to Coventry. He invented the bicycle. One of his inventions was called the Social Trycycle which inspired the music hall song, "You’ll look sweet upon a seat of a bicycle made for two." 52: The inventor of the first successful torpedo, Robert Whitehead (1813-1905) is buried in Worth, Sussex. 53: The Hansom cab, beloved by Sherlock Holmes, was designed by Joseph Hansom. He also designed Arundel Cathedral. 54: Sir Henry Royce, of Rolls Royce fame, lived at West Wittering, Sussex. 55: Here’s a very good question you can ask your friends to which very few will know the answer. Through which town does the River Wellsbourne run? The answer is Brighton, believe it or not! It used to run from Patcham down what is now the London Road to Pool Valley (that’s why it’s called "Pool") Because it flooded several times the river was re-routed into a sewer but it still exists and is believed to have been the reason for flooding in Patcham as recently as 2000. 56: The bandstand in the Crawley shopping centre was originally sited at Gatwick racecourse. The racecourse was there from 1891 to 1940. 57: Historian Edward Gibbon, who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is buried in Fletching, Sussex. 58: According to Sussex folklore a monster called the Knucker lived in a deep pond near the church in Lyminster, Sussex. As there is no record of this monster being caught, presumably it still lives there! 59: If you offended the community in days gone by, you were likely to have a procession of villagers outside your home making a commotion with improvised percussion instruments such as banging saucepans, dustbin lids or anything else that would make a lot of noise. This was known either as "rough music" or "skimmington". 60: On March 1st every year the people of Arundel used to go to the bridge and shake themselves. This was to rid themselves of fleas for the rest of the year! 61: In Sussex of old May 29th was known as Oak Apple Day, when people had to "sport their oak". However it had another name which reflected the punishment to anyone who didn’t. It was "Pinch Bum Day." 62: The Cowdray family were cursed by an angry monk for some reason, and foretold their line would perish by fire and water. Cowdray House, near Midhurst, burned down in 1793 and a week later the last Viscount Montague (of the Cowdray family) was drowned. 63: Lord Lucan, who killed his children’s nanny, probably mistaking her for his estranged wife, disappeared without a trace in 1974. He was last seen in Uckfield, Sussex. 64: The man at the heart of the Piltdown Man hoax, when a skull found in 1912 was accepted as "the missing link" and wasn’t exposed as a fraud until 1953, was Charles Dawson, a solicitor and clerk to the Uckfield magistrates. 65: The correct names for the Seven Sisters, the switchback type cliffs between Cuckmere Haven and Birling Gap are: Haven Brow, Short Brow, Rough Brow, Brass Point, Flagstaff Point, Bailey’s Brow and Went Hill Brow. 66: The Bayeux Tapestry shows an ominous star passing over Sussex before the Battle of Hastings. It is Haley’s Comet. 67: Jack & Jill are the pair of windmills side by side above Clayton – but which is which? Jack is the black one. 68: In 1580, a lady named Ursual Welfare of Alfriston was accused of bewitching 1 sow, 8 chickens and 2 hens, but she was acquitted. 69: Tis said that Mount Caburn, the hill just east of Lewes and facing Bedingham on the A27, is one of the clods of earth thrown afar by the devil when he was digging the Dyke. Other clods are Chanctonbury Hill and the Isle of Wight. 70: According to legend, John Olliver had himself buried upside down on Highdown Hill, near Worthing, so that at the day of the Last Judgement when the world turned upside down, he would be the only man facing the right way up. 71: The Devil buried treasure on Trundle Hill in West Sussex. Locals know where it is but the trouble is everytime they dig to find it - Old Nick moves it! 72: The UK's first casino opened at the Metropole Hotel Brighton in 1962 73: The well known typing error, Spoke Mulligan, is buried in Winchelsea, Sussex. It's said that if you listen very carefully at midnight on a full moon during a storm you can hear him blowing a raspberry! His epitaph, written in Latin, says "I told you I was ill." 74: In 2005 West Sussex had a population of 764,300 and East Sussex 752,900 75: The first name for a dinosaur was created by Sussex doctor, Gideon Mantell in the 1820s. It was the Iguanadon. 76: Hastings was only Sussex town of the original Cinque Ports (the others being New Romney, Hythe, Dover & Sandwich). Rye & Winchelsea were added later. 77: Of the 50 wild types of orchids growing in Britain, Sussex is home to 33 of them. 78: There are 5 main rivers in Sussex; Adur, Arun, Cuckmere, Ouse & Rother. The Cuckmere is the only one that doesn't have a port at its mouth. 79: A ghost of a lady in grey has been seen many times at Beachy Head. There are several stories about her bending to greet live pet dogs who run away howling with fear. 80: In the late 1940s, John George Haigh of Crawley drank the blood of his 6 known victims and then dissolved the bodies in a bath of sulphuric acid. 81: The Ditchling Witch had the power to stop any cart dead in front of her cottage. One day the driver cut the spokes of the wheels of his cart as it stood there frozen. The witch came rushing out and for every spoke the driver had cut she had deep cuts on her fingers. She never stopped another cart as from that day! 82: Sussex Superstition - Cuckoo Ale: When you hear the first cuckoo call, you must go and drink its health immediately at the nearest inn. If you don't know what a cuckoo sounds like, have a pint everytime you hear any bird! 83: Edward James, who inherited the large West Dean estate in 1959 had a sofa designed of Mae West's lips. 84: After St Leonard had killed the fearsome dragon in the forest named after him (between Crawley & Horsham) the only reward he wanted was that snakes be banned from the forest and nightingales were silenced as they spoiled his meditations. 85: 17 martyrs were burned to death in Lewes in the 16th century. They were Catholics & Protestants who refused to worship in a church in which the language was not their own. 86: Why does the Duke of Norfolk live in Arundel Castle? The 4th Duke of Norfolk married into the family who lived there - the Fitzalan's. 87: There has only been three major battles in the history of Sussex. Hastings (1066), Lewes (1264) and Haywards Heath (1642) - no, I've never heard of that one either! 88: Sussex must have been warmer in Roman times than now. Gardeners records still survive of figs, peaches, almonds and grapes being successfully grown at Fishbourne Roman Palace. (Almonds are almost impossible to grow these days in Sussex) 89: Over 200 years ago a Heathfield potter, Jonathan Harmer, introduced a novelty gravestone decoration - glazed terracotta plaques set directly in the stones depicting urns, flowers, cherubs etc. They became very popular until he died 20 years later and many are still in excellent condition. 90: Saint Hill Manor near East Grinstead, now owned by the Church of Scientology, was bought from the Maharajah of Jaipur. 91: In Sussex it was a tradition that when a child was baptised the Devil left its soul and escaped from the church, always by the north door. There are still over 40 churches in Sussex with a blocked up north door to stop the Devil getting in - but no one seems to know how he got out during a batism. 92: When the Sussex railways were being built around 1840 the cost worked out at £57,262 per mile. 93: There was a Sussex oyster industry up to 1902. They were served at a banquet held by the mayor of Emsworth but the shellfish beds had been contaminated by local drains and several guests contracted typhoid and died. 94: In Brighton's early history when it was still called Brighthelmstone, the fashionable came to bathe and drink the sea water. This was supposed to cure consumption, digestive problems and toothache. 95: For 20 years the sign at the White Horse in Chilgrove (north of Chichester) showed a tabby cat - not a horse! 96: The only dog named for our county is the Sussex spaniel, still quite a rare breed. It's a good retrieving dog but a bit 'barky'. 97: The oldest existing pier in Sussex is Worthing Pier built in 1861. Bognor, Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton's West Piers were all built within 8 years. The Palace Pier in Brighton came 30 years later (1891) making it the last one built. 98: Why is Lewes so popular on Guy Fawkes night? By the end of the 18th century Lewes was overrun with gangs of youths who drank and caused mayhem through the town on this night. The bonfire societies were formed to bring some order to Bonfire night, and it worked. 99: The best shepherds' crooks were made in Pyecombe, just north of Brighton, by a certain craftman who had just one apprentice. When he died the apprentice took to another craft and the secret died. The Pyecombe village sign still features a shepherds' crook. 100: An old Sussex tradition at a shepherd's wedding was known as 'lifting'. The bride & groom were raised on decorated hurdles, seated on sheepskins and carried triumphantly round the shepherd's flock. 101: The village of Robertsbridge is the production centre for Gray-Nicolls, one of the foremost makers of cricket bats since 1876. They claim to be the only company to grow all their own willow. 102: The doctor who identified dyslexia, William Pringle Morgan 1861-1934, had a practise in Seaford for over 40 years. 103: Gustav Holst's ashes were interred in Chichester Cathedral. Holst, whose most famous composition was The Planet's Suit, original name was Gustavus Theodor von Holst, dropping the "von" during the WWI. However he was completely English, born in Cheltenham. His name came from his grandfather who was Swedish.
Our next Sunday Walk
A TC Special
To & Fro in Forest Row
Sunday 12 February
Newcomers welcome - no need to book - simply turn up
Dogs okay but remember, there's bound to be stiles
Start: 9.30am from outside the Foresters Arms (pub) in Forest Row
Directions: The pub is on the B2110, Forest Row to Hartfield Road, about 150 yards from the A22 junction.
Parking: There are a number of local car parks or street parking nearby. (Careful: A few parking bays have limited hours.)
Map Ref: TQ 426350
SatNav: Foresters Arms, Forest Row. RH18 5DN
Grub & Beer: Bring a picnic and we will stop at the White Horse, Holtye for refreshments
Route: Parts of the High Weald Landscape Trail, the Sussex Border Path and the Vanguard Way. Via Weirwood Reservoir & Ashurst Wood. A few tiddly hills - nothing worth mentioning really!
Finish: Approx 3.30pm
Please read the disclaimer at the top of the page. Basically what it means is that we don't charge anyone a penny - so you can't expect to be insured for anything. You come at your own risk.
Our Next Thursday Walk
Lewes to Plumpton Green Linear
Thursday 23rd February
Newcomers welcome - no need to book - simply turn up
Dogs okay but remember, there's bound to be stiles
Park: Park no later than 9.00am in The Baverns, Plumpton Green.
Directions: From The Winning Post (the pub in the centre of Plumpton Green) go north a few yards, turn left into Riddens Lane and immediate left into The Baverns.
SatNav: The Winning Post, Station Road, Plumpton Green. BN7 3DR (then follow directions as above)
Map Ref: OS Map 122 363164
We will then catch the 9:11am No.166 Countryliner bus arriving at Lewes Bus Station at 9:39am - so remember to bring your bus pass if you have one.
The first part of the walk is approx 6 miles stopping for lunch or refreshments at Horns Lodge, South Chailey. The second part of the walk, via Wivelsfield Green is almost 7 miles.
Finish: Approximately 3.30pm
Route: Flat as a pancake. . . ish
Please read the disclaimer at the top of the page. Basically what it means is that we don't charge anyone a penny - so you can't expect to be insured for anything. You come at your own risk.
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Take a look at these sites - they will be of interest to the Sussex walker
http://sussex.walkandcycle.co.uk/trail_details.php?recordID=SUSSTR0010
Here's a few photos that we've taken on our travels. Also, go to the rogues gallery tab at the top of the page
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Ballad of the Sussex 12 Miler
I’m Michael Lyons the walker
A walker, sir, am I
Just like my thirsty father
My throttle’s always dry!
The world goes round – to me ‘tis right
With no one I interfere
But I’ll trudge and trek from morn till night
And then I will drink my beer!
I likes a drop o’ good beer, I doos
I’m fond of a drop o’ good beer I is
Let gentlemen fine set down to their wine
And I will stick to my beer.
There’s Julian – he’s a walker, sir
Likes beer as well as me
And seems as happy in life, sir
As any walker could seem to be
He minds ‘is ‘ome, ‘e minds ‘is wife
No gossiping idlers near
Sure as a Sunday walk comes round
Like me ‘e drinks ‘is beer
I likes a drop o’ good beer, I doos
I’m fond of a drop o’ good beer I is
Let gentlemen fine set down to their wine
And I will stick to my beer.
There’s old Rob Foster, God bless ‘im
He walks and likes t’climb
No work could ever depress ‘im
‘e’s ‘appy all the time
‘e’s old in age, but young in health
His heart and hand both clear
Possessed of those he keeps good health
Because ‘e sticks to ‘is beer
I likes a drop o’ good beer, I doos
I’m fond of a drop o’ good beer I is
Let gentlemen fine set down to their wine
And I will stick to my beer.
OH, Harvey’s is the beer for me
A pint of it’s so handy
It is as fine as any wine
And strong as any brandy
If you are ill ‘twill make you well
And put you in condition
A man that drinks Harvey’s old ale
Has need of no physician
OH, Harvey’s is the beer for me
A pint of it’s so handy
It is as fine as any wine
And strong as any brandy
‘Twill fill your veins and warm your brains
And drive out melancholy
Your nerves ‘twill brace and paint your face
And make you fat and jolly
OH, Harvey’s is the beer for me
A pint of it’s so handy
It is as fine as any wine
And strong as any brandy
The foreigners may praise their wines
‘Tis only to deceive us
Would they come here and taste this beer
I’m sure they’d never leave us
OH, Harvey’s is the beer for me
A pint of it’s so handy
It is as fine as any wine
And strong as any brandy
I likes a drop o’ good beer, I doos
I’m fond of a drop o’ good beer I is
Let gentlemen fine set down to their wine
And I will stick to my beer.
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