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The Proclaimers said they would walk 1,000 miles for love, but one couple has done 20 times that together. Retired Assistant Chief Constable John Wright, 83, and wife Ann, 80, of Bottesford completed their 20,000th mile of walking in 24 years on January 31 while taking in the sights of Rutland Water. The couple, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last November, began doing recorded walks on the first day of the new Millennium – January 1, 2000. But said they hadn’t walked properly in years prior to that. Their walking has taken them all over the world and has given them something to…