A Somerset church and wonderful May; Goats, cows, sheep abound; and Pepys whips his poor boy until he own up to his lies

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Hello and thank you so much for joining me this balmy October Thursday. There will be two episodes today: in this one we go church exploring; the second one we will catch up with the literature.

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