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If the rain will not go away, I must…

June 26, 2013

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According to the Met Office (the keeper of all things weather in the UK) 2012 had the dubious honour of being the second wettest year on record.  Weather-pshaw. We are tough, we said.  We love London for the theatre, the restaurants, the history, the architecture, the Brits…. “If one comes to London for the weather, one misses the point” I oft quoted a taxi driver.  Spring is around the corner, we said.

At last, Spring 2013!   According to the Met Office, it is the coldest Spring in over 50 years.  We are now 5 days into Summer, as I hunker down in my  teeny, fashionable West End Flat, with wooly socks on — I’m not hopeful.

It was time for a change – Tony and I are packing our bags in search of the sun!

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