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It’s never too late to pick up a new skill…

B1IntermediateSeptember 3, 202614 min
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How will Roland in Exeter and Darren in Cannock Chase get on with their 10 questions?

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. We are going to be in the I'm Roland from Exeter in Devon, nice part of the world. Yeah, lovely. How you doing, Vern? You OK?

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Yeah, very good. Thank you. How long have you lived down there? Oh, probably about 15 years coming up. So not originally from Exeter, originally South London, but yeah, love it. And in your spare time, you like a bit of sport?

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Yeah, a bit of all sports. I went to the South for about 25, 30 years, but sort of gave that relatively recently, kind of aged stage, wanted to spend more time with the family,

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