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Soil and soul: ‘#Leeds is the perfect...
October 30 2016 , Written by Ola Fagbohun Published on #Leeds
Soil and soul: ‘#Leeds is the perfect combination of rural and urban’ https://t.co/wamZOK02k4
Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)October 30, 2016
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Soil and soul: 'Leeds is the perfect combination of rural and urban'
I grew up in Mombasa, Kenya, in a house that had a 2.5-acre garden. It was right in the city but, as soon as you went through the gates, you were transported into the wild. My "pets" included a 40-year-old tortoise, a grey parrot called Kasuku, and Pecky, a bad-tempered ostrich - all rather different from my British friends' animals.
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