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Early morning, all round the lake: citizens taking their exercise in all manner of ways, from Tai Chi (or something like it) to foot-badminton (really); in organised groups (some to fairly raucous recorded music) or on their own, and all completely unselfconsciously.

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A group doing standing exercises
A group doing standing exercises
The same group from the other side
The same group from the other side
Pole work
Pole work
Something a bit closer to Tai Chi
Something a bit closer to Tai Chi
Camera-shake, but you can make out the gymnastic equipment by the road, and the chaps using it
Camera-shake, but you can make out the gymnastic...
This guy and his pal really were kicking a shuttlecock back and forth, but we didn't manage to catch the moment
This guy and his pal really were kicking a...
Drat. Missed it again.
Drat. Missed it again.
This was the nearest to what we know as Tai Chi, led by the man in the cap
This was the nearest to what we know as Tai Chi, led...
More of the same
More of the same
The woman by the water is doing her own thing (and not really about to dive in)
The woman by the water is doing her own thing (and...

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