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"Keith(Southend)" writes:
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Gosh it was colder in Madrid than Southend-on-Sea today!

Madrid is often surprisingly chilly at this time of the year. I think
it's partly because it's well inland and partly because it's quite high
up.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"