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Text © 2019 Eleanor Ross
Photography © 2019 Camille Mack
Except the following: p1, 38, 45 © RBG Kew; p36 © Prisma Bildagentur/
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Alamy; p142 © Andrew Spiers/Alamy; p143 © Lee Valley Velo Park;
p146 © Jon Challicom/Alamy; p156-7 © Lee Valley White Water Centre;
p162 © Jason Cobb/Stockimo/Alamy; p164-5 © amc/Alamy
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Digital edition: 978-0-71124-178-7
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