"Jane" wrote in message
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote

but August has been MISERABLE.


Miserable? That's an understatement. It's like the end of the world up
here in Bolton with torrential rain and wind.

Lucky you, at least you have had some rain, there's been very little here in
East Berks, and nothing is growing well, in fact some things have died off!

Alan