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ACCORDING TO GLOBAL DATING INSIGHTS, OVER 300 MILLION people around the world are feverishly swiping their way through more than 1,500 apps in search of love. But forget Tinder, Bumble and Hinge, as I think I’ve found a foolproof solution to dating: Land Rovers.

It was a revelation that came to me a few weeks’s off-roading and pie enthusiast Simon Bond decided to organise a little weekend off-road expedition in Wales.

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