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Weston Super Mare Holiday Report
It's Birmingham week at Weston super Mare as ATV go on the trail of Brummies in the South West.
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Overview
Weston super Mare is the closest UK holiday resort to the land-locked West Midlands and with the M5 motorway providing an escape route to the 'sun' there's much to tempt the Brummie looking for sea and sand. As Bob Warman finds out though, when the weather's not so good and you can't find a decent pint of Banks's, the Black Country's favourite beer, perhaps it wasn't such a good idea after all.
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