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Sark, an island without cars, is looking for carriage drivers

A Sark firm has found it difficult to recruit horse and carriage drivers since Covid and Brexit.

The roads of the car-free Channel Island are used by the carriages alongside tractors and pushbikes.

Michelle Perree, from Sark Carriages, has been driving since she was 13 and said she loved being outdoors and showing nice people around the island.

8 February 2023

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