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On childhood family holidays in Mallorca, with my mum, dad and sister, Amanda.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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Now. This is the best time of my life.
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With the sun on my face and a beer in my hand, the morning after I had been in a car-jacking in South Africa.
The birth of my children.
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