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Almost everywhere I ride here, especially during this part of the year, the sides of the road are dotted with color. Always, Virginia and I have fresh flowers that I frequently stop to pick and put in my butt pak…….<\/div>\n
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Almost everywhere I ride here, especially during this part of the year, the sides of the road are dotted with color. Always, Virginia and I have fresh flowers that I frequently stop to pick and put in my butt pak…….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/05\/01\/the-rock-walls-fences-of-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":104,"position":0},"title":"The Rock Walls (fences) of Ireland…..","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Pretty much everywhere I ride here, I see fences made out of rocks. 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