Her husband and their dog Skipper accompanied her on her first leg of the trip, to Blackpool.

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Osha drove the first leg of the trip, which gave me time to assess the passenger side of the vehicle.

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The first leg of the trip was a flight into northern China.

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Observers say the visit will be a chance for the pope to put behind him the first difficult leg of his trip in Kiev, where the leader of the largest of three rival Orthodox Churches snubbed him by boycotting a meeting of all Ukraine's religious groups.

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Fulham were also faced with a difficult trip for the first leg of their semi-final against Hamburg.

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The defence secretary's trip is the first leg of a tour of Middle East allies, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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St Petersburg is the first leg of Mr Koizumi's seven-day trip to Europe which started on Thursday.

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Cheslea's taxing trip to Romania to play the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday clearly showed in the opening stages as they sunk to a two-goal deficit.

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It started 10 months ago and has taken in 18 matches and nearly 20, 000 miles of travel, including a lengthy trip by coach to Hamburg for the semi-final first leg when the volcanic ash cloud crisis grounded flights in Europe.

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