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At the junction of the track and the local road a man with long greying yellow hair came out of one of the wooden buildings. He was carrying a cavalry style sword parallel to the ground and when he got closer I saw that a quarter lay on its flat blade.<\/p>\n

You stayin at The Farm?\u00a0<\/strong>he said<\/p>\n

Yeah<\/p>\n

He flicked the quarter in the air, failing to catch it on the blade. He picked it up and replaced it<\/p>\n

Do I detect an Accent?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spose so<\/p>\n

Where are you from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

England<\/p>\n

Alright!! \u2013 You got the queen there\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He flicked the quarter in the air again and it chinked against the blade and fell into the dust. As he bent down to retrieve the coin he said under his breath and almost to himself<\/p>\n

\u2026afternoon tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

He stood up<\/p>\n

You had tea with the queen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No<\/p>\n

You got that TV evangelism in the UK tho\u2019 right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We don\u2019t go in for that stuff so much\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure y\u2019all get into it \u2013 putting you hand on the television screen and sayin \u201cAh do\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

He took the quarter off the blade and pointed into the trees with the sword, moving it in an arc back towards the road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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See that? Old Indian trail \u2026goes all the way to Vermont. Custer used that trail<\/strong><\/p>\n

He stuck the point of the sword into short grass at the side of the track and looked down at the wheel ruts.<\/p>\n

England \u2026 imagine that!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its not that far<\/p>\n

Tell you the truth – I don\u2019t like to travel that much<\/strong><\/p>\n

You been abroad?<\/p>\n

Oh yeah \u2013 I been abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where?<\/p>\n

Vietnam. Got a metal plate in my head to prove it too<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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