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Bakery tourism: The pastry pilgrims who travel miles for croissants

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The UK 's bakery market is one of the largest in the food industry, worth 5.74bn .

Open University research suggests the number of small bakeries across the UK is on the rise.

At Pettigrew Bakery in Cardiff, David Le Masurier's team bakes and sells " thousands of pastries a day" Customers pay anything from 3.20 for a plain croissant to 4.50 for a limited edition.

She was coming to Cardiff anyway but purposely picked when I had availability. I was like 'wow'!".