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20th July 2010
I took Victor to the seaside today. Like humans, he just loves the English seaside. We went to Whitstable, a wonderful 1930’s town on the South coast. I parked Victor up on a boat jetty leading down to the ocean as I thought I would photograph him with the gorgeous sea. As I was taking pictures a man was looking at Victor and he said he loved old Volvo’s as his dad had ten of them over the years and he always remembered the huge comfy seats on family outings when he was a kid. He said he had great memories of childhood and always loved the estate cars his dad had. “Could I sit inside?” he asked. “Of course!” I said. His name was Chris. When he got out I told him to jump on the bonnet for a picture with Victor the Volvo. I said, “Dance on
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Jim the lorry driver
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