The hardiest are returned to the moor to breed and the others are sent to market, including at Tavistock.

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Herdwicks, which often graze at heights of about 3, 000ft (915 metres), are recognised as one of the hardiest British sheep breeds.

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We are some of the hardiest of individuals, and as our country continues to change by force or otherwise, we will adapt to it.

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Open all year round, the Treehotel might attract only the hardiest of souls during the winter as temperatures typically dip to around minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Manufacturers report, for instance, that annual sales of tableware dryers, which heat cutlery and the like to temperatures sufficient to kill all but the hardiest of bugs, are running at about 360, 000 units.

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Yet its hardiest memories had survived among many of the elderly who had once lived there, and to this day its more powerful myths persist among their children and their children's children as well.

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The hardiest eat them raw as a condiment.

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