Strawberry Line featured in the Guardian

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The Strawberry Line, the cycle path between Cheddar and Yatton, features in The Guardian today, as part of an extract from a new book by Laura Laker, Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network. Laura travels with distance with her family and describes the route including its tunnels and former stations.

You can read the whole article here.

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