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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London
Robomowers head off to cut lawns at Tower of London . Yoeman Warder Jason Woodcock and the new Robot lawn mower in The Tower of London today. Robot mowers have been deployed to tend some of the capital’s oldest lawns at the Tower of London. Autonomous GPS-controlled bots have been brought in to work around the castle’s moat, and the lawn of the White Tower. Two mowers run in the moat each morning at walking pace, but around the White Tower a four-wheel-drive model does a night shift to avoid disturbing the resident ravens. They work in a geo-fencing wired area, a similar principle to domestic vacuum robots, with gardeners tracking them on an app. The battery-powered Husqvarna bots, each costing about £4,000, replace ride-on diesel mowers.
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Performing arts archive
Liam Mower (Ivan Boleslawsky) and Ashley Shaw (Victoria Page) in The Red Shoes by Matthew Bourne @ Sadler's Wells
(Opening 12-12-19)
12/19
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Liam Mower (Ivan Boleslawsky) and Ashley Shaw (Victoria Page) in The Red Shoes by Matthew Bourne at Sadler's Wells
(Opening 12-12-19)
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Ashley Shaw (Victoria Page) in The Red Shoes by Matthew Bourne at Sadler's Wells
(Opening 12-12-19)
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Ashley Shaw (Victoria Page) in The Red Shoes by Matthew Bourne @ Sadler's Wells
(Opening 12-12-19)
12/19
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FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
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Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
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Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
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DUK10117358_010
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_009
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_008
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
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DUK10117358_007
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
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DUK10117358_006
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
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DUK10117358_005
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_004
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph with driver Jess Hawkins
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_003
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph with driver Jess Hawkins
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_002
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph with driver Jess Hawkins
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)
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DUK10117358_001
FEATURE - Mit 240 km/h den Rasen mähen
Ferrari Press Agency
Ref 10315
Lawnmower1
11/04/2019
See Ferrari text
Picture must credit: Honda UK
Superbike maker Honda has unveiled its latest speedster – a lawnmower which it says it is capable of hitting 150 mph / 240 km/h.The mower, one of the company’s HF 2622 lawn tractors, has more than 190 horsepower thanks to a Fireblade motorcycle engine.The 0-60 mph time is said to be “under three seconds” The six-speed mower has been built by Team Dynamics, Honda's partner in the British Touring Car Championships.It’s a follow-up to a previous mower, named Mean Mower, built in conjunction with TV motoring show Top Gear team in 2013, which became the world's fastest at 116.575 mph, or 187.6 km/h.A Honda spokesman said:” Now using CAD design, more bespoke parts, advanced materials, and 3D printing, it now packs almost double the power of the original.”It was built to reclaim he mower speed record after a team in Norway created a mower which hit over 130 mph / 210 km/hThe new power is powered by a V2 999 cc engine from a Honda Fireblade motorcycle.
OPS: The Honda HF 2622 lawnmower built to hit 150 mph
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‘You very rarely see men moving together like this’: Matthew Bourne on 30 years of his radical Swan Lake
Three decades after he first adapted TchaikovskyÕs classic, the choreographerÕs reimagining of Swan Lake with an all-male corps is back for an anniversary tour. At rehearsals with the new cast, he and his original team tell the story of a show that stunned audiences
Matthew Ball (The Swan) in Swan Lake by Matthew Bourne at the Sadler's Wells.
(Opening 12-12-18)
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‘You very rarely see men moving together like this’: Matthew Bourne on 30 years of his radical Swan Lake
Three decades after he first adapted TchaikovskyÕs classic, the choreographerÕs reimagining of Swan Lake with an all-male corps is back for an anniversary tour. At rehearsals with the new cast, he and his original team tell the story of a show that stunned audiences
Matthew Ball (The Swan) in Swan Lake by Matthew Bourne at the Sadler's Wells.
(Opening 12-12-18)
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Performing arts archive
Zanna Cornelis (Romanian Princess) and Matthew Ball (The Swan) in Swan Lake by Matthew Bourne @ Sadler's Wells.
(Opening 12-12-18)
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AnOther Magazine launch and Rag and Bone Flagship store opening, Annabels, London, Britain - 15 Sep 2012
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AnOther Magazine launch and Rag and Bone Flagship store opening, Annabels, London, Britain - 15 Sep 2012
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Sleeping dormouse has lucky escape after ride-on lawn mower driven over nest, Winkleigh, Devon. Britain - Apr 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stuart Clarke / Rex Features (1699458e)
Dormouse Dodger Escapes Death By A Whisker
A dozy dormouse had a rude awakening when his mossy bed was shredded by a ride-on mower.
Thankfully, the cute creature was stirred rather than shaken by his close encounter with the mower's rotary blades and has now bedded down in a cage to finish his winter sleep.
He will be returned to the wild in warmer weather.
Dodger the dormouse became more endangered than most after retired soldier Gary Gilbert, 54, began tackling his overgrown lawn at his home in Winkleigh, Devon.
Gary, who now serves with the Territorial Army, later discovered the still sleeping dormouse inside the mower while cleaning it out.
He thinks the doe-eyed rodent was tucked up in its nest in a rarely-used paddock, where the grass is left largely undisturbed.
However, for the first time this year Gary mowed a narrow wheelbarrow path through the glade.
Later, as he cleared up the grass that had gathered on the mower framework, Gary saw what he thought was a piece of litter on the ground.
He comments: "When I had a closer look I saw a little dormouse rolled in a ball. There was a slight movement and he didn't look injured.
"I called my wife Fiona to look at him then I scooped him up in some grass cuttings, put him in a small flower pot and took it to my neighbour.
"He must have been whisked through the blades and up the chute. Perhaps he survived because he was so still and very relaxed.
"He probably weighs less than a two pence piece. We've called him Dodger because he had a very lucky escape".
Like Gary, neighbour Maggie Watson runs eco-friendly holiday accommodation and she has undergone special training that will allow her to handle dormice.
After taking advice from an ecology expert she decided it was too early to release Dodger because he remains a lightweight afte...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IHDHQXAXQ
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Sleeping dormouse has lucky escape after ride-on lawn mower driven over nest, Winkleigh, Devon. Britain - Apr 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stuart Clarke / Rex Features (1699458b)
Dormouse Dodger Escapes Death By A Whisker
A dozy dormouse had a rude awakening when his mossy bed was shredded by a ride-on mower.
Thankfully, the cute creature was stirred rather than shaken by his close encounter with the mower's rotary blades and has now bedded down in a cage to finish his winter sleep.
He will be returned to the wild in warmer weather.
Dodger the dormouse became more endangered than most after retired soldier Gary Gilbert, 54, began tackling his overgrown lawn at his home in Winkleigh, Devon.
Gary, who now serves with the Territorial Army, later discovered the still sleeping dormouse inside the mower while cleaning it out.
He thinks the doe-eyed rodent was tucked up in its nest in a rarely-used paddock, where the grass is left largely undisturbed.
However, for the first time this year Gary mowed a narrow wheelbarrow path through the glade.
Later, as he cleared up the grass that had gathered on the mower framework, Gary saw what he thought was a piece of litter on the ground.
He comments: "When I had a closer look I saw a little dormouse rolled in a ball. There was a slight movement and he didn't look injured.
"I called my wife Fiona to look at him then I scooped him up in some grass cuttings, put him in a small flower pot and took it to my neighbour.
"He must have been whisked through the blades and up the chute. Perhaps he survived because he was so still and very relaxed.
"He probably weighs less than a two pence piece. We've called him Dodger because he had a very lucky escape".
Like Gary, neighbour Maggie Watson runs eco-friendly holiday accommodation and she has undergone special training that will allow her to handle dormice.
After taking advice from an ecology expert she decided it was too early to release Dodger because he remains a lightweight afte...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IHDHQXAXQ
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Sleeping dormouse has lucky escape after ride-on lawn mower driven over nest, Winkleigh, Devon. Britain - Apr 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stuart Clarke / Rex Features (1699458c)
Dormouse Dodger Escapes Death By A Whisker
A dozy dormouse had a rude awakening when his mossy bed was shredded by a ride-on mower.
Thankfully, the cute creature was stirred rather than shaken by his close encounter with the mower's rotary blades and has now bedded down in a cage to finish his winter sleep.
He will be returned to the wild in warmer weather.
Dodger the dormouse became more endangered than most after retired soldier Gary Gilbert, 54, began tackling his overgrown lawn at his home in Winkleigh, Devon.
Gary, who now serves with the Territorial Army, later discovered the still sleeping dormouse inside the mower while cleaning it out.
He thinks the doe-eyed rodent was tucked up in its nest in a rarely-used paddock, where the grass is left largely undisturbed.
However, for the first time this year Gary mowed a narrow wheelbarrow path through the glade.
Later, as he cleared up the grass that had gathered on the mower framework, Gary saw what he thought was a piece of litter on the ground.
He comments: "When I had a closer look I saw a little dormouse rolled in a ball. There was a slight movement and he didn't look injured.
"I called my wife Fiona to look at him then I scooped him up in some grass cuttings, put him in a small flower pot and took it to my neighbour.
"He must have been whisked through the blades and up the chute. Perhaps he survived because he was so still and very relaxed.
"He probably weighs less than a two pence piece. We've called him Dodger because he had a very lucky escape".
Like Gary, neighbour Maggie Watson runs eco-friendly holiday accommodation and she has undergone special training that will allow her to handle dormice.
After taking advice from an ecology expert she decided it was too early to release Dodger because he remains a lightweight afte...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IHDHQXAXQ
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Sleeping dormouse has lucky escape after ride-on lawn mower driven over nest, Winkleigh, Devon. Britain - Apr 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stuart Clarke / Rex Features (1699458a)
Dormouse Dodger Escapes Death By A Whisker
A dozy dormouse had a rude awakening when his mossy bed was shredded by a ride-on mower.
Thankfully, the cute creature was stirred rather than shaken by his close encounter with the mower's rotary blades and has now bedded down in a cage to finish his winter sleep.
He will be returned to the wild in warmer weather.
Dodger the dormouse became more endangered than most after retired soldier Gary Gilbert, 54, began tackling his overgrown lawn at his home in Winkleigh, Devon.
Gary, who now serves with the Territorial Army, later discovered the still sleeping dormouse inside the mower while cleaning it out.
He thinks the doe-eyed rodent was tucked up in its nest in a rarely-used paddock, where the grass is left largely undisturbed.
However, for the first time this year Gary mowed a narrow wheelbarrow path through the glade.
Later, as he cleared up the grass that had gathered on the mower framework, Gary saw what he thought was a piece of litter on the ground.
He comments: "When I had a closer look I saw a little dormouse rolled in a ball. There was a slight movement and he didn't look injured.
"I called my wife Fiona to look at him then I scooped him up in some grass cuttings, put him in a small flower pot and took it to my neighbour.
"He must have been whisked through the blades and up the chute. Perhaps he survived because he was so still and very relaxed.
"He probably weighs less than a two pence piece. We've called him Dodger because he had a very lucky escape".
Like Gary, neighbour Maggie Watson runs eco-friendly holiday accommodation and she has undergone special training that will allow her to handle dormice.
After taking advice from an ecology expert she decided it was too early to release Dodger because he remains a lightweight afte...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IHDHQXAXQ
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185l )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185j )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185i )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185g )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185n )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185e )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185b )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jason Alden / Rex Features ( 1013185a )
British Lawn Mower Racing event at Knebworth Country Fair, Britain - 03 Oct 2009
MOVE OVER F1 THE LAWNMOWERS HAVE IT
A host of men and women have put their mowing machines into action at the finale of the British lawn mower racing season.
Members of the British Lawn Mower Racing Association gathered at the Knebworth Game and Country Show for the grand showdown.
The lawn mower racing season runs from May to October over 12 separate meets, building to a finale weekend.
In total, 40 entrants went to mow at Knebworth, fighting it out to be named lawn mower racing champion.
The noble sport of lawnmower racing was born in 1973 when rally driving Irishman Jim Galvin got together with a group of racing enthusiastic friends for a couple of pints at the Cricketers Arms in Wisborough Green, West Sussex.
Fed up with the prohibitive cost of motor sports they decided to look for an alternative, and it wasn't long before their eyes fell upon the humble lawn mower.
And not much has changed in the quarter of a century since the sport's humble beginnings.
As with motor racing, four different classes of machine exist. Group 1 machines are the most basic and require someone to walk behind. Group 2 mowers are roller driven with the seat being towed behind. Group 3 represent the smaller four wheeled garden tractors, while the most powerful of all are the larger Group 4 class, which resemble a baby agricultural tractor.
In order to keep costs down, and so keep the sport accessible, machines can only be tuned rather than redesigned.
And there is no shortage of enthusiasts, including mechanic Mike Cresswell, who went into the race at Knebworth as leader of category 2 and the man to beat.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Jason Alden / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/HLRHAFFCO (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408j )
A contender in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408h )
A contender in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408g )
A contender in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408c )
A contender in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408a )
Contenders in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jon Santa Cruz / Rex Features ( 987408b )
A contender in the 12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race
12 Hour Endurance Lawn Mower Race, Northchapel, West Sussex, Britain - 01 Aug 2009
Contenders struggled with the mud on one of the wettest races recorded. The race was abandoned after 4 and a half hours due to theamount ofrain that had fdallen (this was the second time in its 36 year history that the race has had to be cancelled).
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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