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I'm 86 and have been on 42 solo traveller holidays in over ten years - these are the trips I've loved... and would avoid

At 86 years old, most people are thinking about putting their feet up - but not Valerie Simpson. The avid globetrotter, from Sudbury, has just booked her 42nd solo holiday abroad with One Traveller.

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