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Now playing Next People This adventurer let social media plan her trip across Europe "I decided that I would set aside a month in my diary and set out on a journey into the unknown from the back garden of my London home, armed with nothing more than a bivvy, a backpack and a devil-may-care attitude. " 15/08/2021
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