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- "date": "2026-01-28",
- "title": "Cambridge - Testing 2026",
- "place": "Cambridge",
- "other_people": "Philip Sargent",
- "text": "We had a lot of fun in the <strike>rain</strike> floods...",
- "slug": "2026-01-28c",
- "time_underground": 0.0,
- "author": {
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- },
- "trippersons": [
-  {
-   "tu": 0.0
-  }
- ],
- "expedition": {
-  "year": "2026",
-  "name": "CUCC expo 2026"
- }
-}
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+otherwise git does not create an empty directory.
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