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    Going up in the downs

    Jun 29, 2022 3 minutes
    Words and photographs: ALAN TURNER

    After a three-year break, the VMCC’s East Sussex Section was finally able to offer another Snow-Mann Test Day to anyone who wanted some easy-going, yet competitive fun in the spectacular surroundings of the South Downs.

    The event is found in Bopeep Lane, a turning off the A27 south coast trunk road. At the foot of steep chalk cliffs, a large farmyard offers ample space for paddock and parking. The sometimes confusing name for the event refers to

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