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You can read more about them here:<br>Crazyguyonabike.com<br>&#8211; copied from their blog. Cross Canada Grandpas<br>&#8220;If life serves you lemons, make lemonade&#8221;<br>All the campsites in Sudbury are full, until I call &#8220;Villa Marie&#8221;, and Father Peter invites us to stay. 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He mixes humour with humanity, and asks only for a donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" class=\"wp-image-478\" style=\"width: 720px;\" src=\"https:\/\/villamariacamp.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/62443704_666039703822897_1661724508974743552_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villamariacamp.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/62443704_666039703822897_1661724508974743552_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/villamariacamp.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/62443704_666039703822897_1661724508974743552_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I introduced myself to Father Peter as an Englishman, and he told the story how earlier in the day he had driven to Sault Ste Marie with another priest to conduct a funeral, and when Croatia scored he said a Hail Mary, and when they scored a second ctime he said another. 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