The really wild parties are in the sticks

If you thought rural life was all about long walks in the countryside, you're in for a shock.

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Rural life as a Sloane: "shag, drink or ride or all three!"
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Life in the country is racier than life in the capital, which explains the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's decision to send Prince George to a boys' prep school in west London. So says The Mail on Sunday's Rachel Johnson. "Rural life as a Sloane is non-stop," she writes. "A man once roared at me over pints of Stag at a pub on Exmoor: Here, it's either shag, drink or ride or all three!' In west London, though, mothers segue serenely from school gates to Pilates to philosophy group and are fat-free, fanatical exercisers, self-improvers and clean eaters'."

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