BEAU MILES’ PUMPKIN PROJECT: “I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW EASY LIFE WAS WHEN YOU TAKE OUT CHOICES RELATED TO FOOD.”
By Beau Miles 29 Nov 2023

BEAU MILES’ PUMPKIN PROJECT: “I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW EASY LIFE WAS WHEN YOU TAKE OUT CHOICES RELATED TO FOOD.”

There comes a time in life when you wake one morning and think, you know what, I’m gonna eat a bloody big pumpkin – and only that pumpkin – for three days while riding and running around the bush.

BEAU MILES’ PUMPKIN PROJECT: “I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW EASY LIFE WAS WHEN YOU TAKE OUT CHOICES RELATED TO FOOD.”

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