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>> yeah, we go from kielder down to hexham . to hexham. >> yeah. so you could run 20 plus miles .eally, really lovely. this year was the biggest amount , even in laybys. we had cars parked, people stood watching people, um, which was fantastic . people, um, which was fantastic. so not just the villages, the laybys. >> well, it is, and it's really nice to hear about that level of community spirit as well, because i think far too often now we hear about a breakdown of community and the values of, you know, people not knowing their next door neighbour and all the rest of it. well, actually, the christmas truck run sort puts christmas truck run sort of puts that to bed. it's certainly that myth to bed. it's certainly in that part world in that your part of the world anyway, not? anyway, does it not? >> it does. yeah because we've tried to encourage some of the villagers to do things on the night as well. um, so like bellingham had, we had the steel panthers playing, um, they stayed and played um acum. they ianed stayed and played um acum. they invited people up to the village hall for