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On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner"
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When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon
show" :-)

I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more
festivals,
fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to
be
ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least
suited to holding these outdoor events.

I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime"
climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the
Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in
summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland...

Newfoundland may be surrounded by water but it doesn't have a
maritime climate in the way you mean, as in westerly dominated
winds tempering the cold of winter. Winters here are very cold, though
not as cold as continental Canada for the same latitude.

I believe there is also a small section of coastal southern Chilie that
has a climate that approximates to our own.
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl