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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steve Douglas

Meet the Olympic hopeful who learned to ski on plastic surrounded by sheep

Nestled within the picturesque Ribble Valley in northwest England lies a modest ski slope, a mere 140 metres long and 10 metres wide, often shared with roaming sheep.

This gentle incline, featuring three small rises and a largely flat finish, sees grass occasionally poke through the plastic matting that forms its bristly surface. Snow is conspicuously absent here.

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