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On our way home from Dartmoor, we stopped off in Bovey Tracy at the House of Marbles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a slightly odd place, but then anywhere that is dedicated to marbles is going to be. They had some huge marbles and marbles of all kinds in the museum, along with lots of mesmerising marble runs. Once of which on the wall above the stairs was HUGE! You can watch people glass blowing there too and of course spend lots of money in the shop which sells all sorts of things, incliding…. you’ve guessed it…. MARBLES!<\/p>\n

\"I've<\/a>

I've lost my marbles!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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