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Daily Mirror
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William Lailey & Beth Kilgallon & Sam Ormiston

Man lives like Victorian and even rides penny-farthing when he pops to shop for food

A man who lives like a Victorian with no technology and only one T-shirt can often be seen riding around his home town on a penny-farthing.

Rather than walk or take the bus when popping out for his weekly food shop, Steven Payne, from Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire, has swapped his 21st Century lifestyle for the "elegance and simplicity" of the 1800s.

Towering above pedestrians, cars and regular cyclists, it doesn't come without its dangers, which was proven when he broke his leg the first time he rode it.

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