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Graham writes:
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It's just a shame the cold spell since xmas as been so overcast. Don't
want much more of this even if it means going back to SWlies!!

You've been unlucky. In my part of Surrey, we had sunny periods on
Boxing Day and since then there's been almost unbroken sunshine every
day. This morning dawned overcast, and I thought that the sunshine was
over, but by 0am the sky was blue once more. (The cloud seemed to
dissolve away in situ rather than move away.) Though the nights have
been frosty and the days cold, it's been absolutely glorious.
--
John Hall
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)