He said customers had been buying goods such as waterproofs, wellington boots and horse rugs, with sales up by about 50%.

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The event also recycles 1, 000 tonnes of rubbish a year, has introduced biodegradable tent pegs and sent seven tonnes of abandoned Wellington boots to be used in Senegal.

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He had treated me a year before when my mother had accidentally driven a garden fork through my toe when I was standing next to her, my wellington boots covered by earth, when she was planting strawberries in the garden.

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