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affinity II feelinq			of belonqinq
azure II briqht blue
to choke II to be unable to brea the
deli II (= delicat		essen) specialit		y food Shop
to be drawn	to II to be attra cted by
	predator y bird
tetccn II fast

	idyllic II ideal . heavenly			sea bird
	puffin II larqe miqratory				y in the city
	rat race	II the stress of business. especiall
	sear II larqe sea mamma			l
	trial and	error II exper	imentation

50 w hat insp ired them to

leave th e e rat race and

most

move to

one of

the mildest clima tes and

first

in

ain? To

by,

44,

beautiful environments

Brit

198 0s

and w as

visited Sr M artin

's in th e early

e h e

irresistibl

y a d raw n to the island.

A

t the tim

rking in London ,

was living in Brighton but wo

.

runn ing a photographic

lab oratory

ess in 19

92, pack ed hi s

H e fina lly so ld

the busin

s. H e

found

bags

and

m o ved

to

St

M artin'

an

and

fisherm

w ith

a local

accom

modatio

n

Hotel.

ts an d

in

the St M artin 's

worked o n boa

fell in

love w ith

Bristol

, also

Louise

, 34, fro m

ay and found

a j o b in

tlie

island d uring a holid

tlie

same

h otel.

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for five yea rs an

d b oth

ow

n

start

their

knew

that they

wanted to

alm

o st by

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dmakin

g

ha ppened

.

business

the learning process

was very

mu ch

chance

-

bake

lves to

a tr ial and erro r.

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sold

in o ur own ki tch en

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remember

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our loaves at the

campsite

25

o r 30

." The

busi ness

to buy

-

just

a day

rs

he bak ery opened fo ur yea

rapidly.T

expanded

b e ex tended

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th e

r

it w ill

ago an d

this yea

old fire station next door.

m

ore

lik

e

a

e deli,

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sho p

is

b ecoming

offering pi cnic food fo

r

h oli daym ak ers to take

se n ow

g row the

ir

to the

bea ch .Toby an d Loui

keep

ta bles

and

fruit an d

vege

o w n

o rga

n ic

have also started

.They

ducks,

ch icke ns an d a pig

r months of

running baking classes in the quiete

th e yea r.

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point of all th eir

work,

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th ey

wo

uld

money. Tliey

botli ea rn

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work .

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hotel

have

if

th ey 'd

stayed

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iding

a

useful

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from

satisfactio

prov

w h ic h th

ey

living

in

a place fo r

service

-

and

and e affin

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hing

have a

real 'love

th ei r

s life ? As

th eir

pre

-Scill ie

they

miss from

and a e falco

n

two do

gs w an

der happily around

th e sea

, there

in tlie fresh

w ind o ff

erhead

flies ov

.

is a

long sile nce

f.Toby sold his photography business.

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correct answer

to the questions

.

is?

t.

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do you think the name of the bakery

.

.

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c. The Scillies

Bakery.

bread to?

2.

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b. Four.

c.Five.

do Toby and Louise work in August?

3. How many days a week

.

a O~

b.Three.

c.Seven.

4.What is going to happen			next year?
				.
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b. They are gorngto start giving classes
c. They are gorngto sell the				bakery and
5. Why do	they enJoy	their work?

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b.Beca use it's useful to the community

c.Because it'seasy work. .

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