I had a mate in Stoke when I was at Univ. and no kidding whenever I went
there it was always cloudy.
Chin up, only another 7 months to wait till winter :-)

That reminds me of when I was doing a post-doc research job and I used to
have to travel up to Manchester quite a lot to the UMIST. The couple of
dozen times that I went it was either pouring down with rain or cloudy, and
it was always freezing cold, even in summer. Now I am sure Manchester's
climate is lovely but for once I thought, it would have been nice to have
seen the City without getting soaked and chilled.

11:00 at Manchester Airport: 11°C, light rain showers.

Oh well, I must I have been very unlucky with the weather there.
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Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk