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I took the liberty of sending your post to the 'Spokesman' by private means as I think it would make a great backbone to the verbal representation at the meeting.
You must be further North than me - a tad dreich in the capital! I was reading yesterday that this rain is being caused by El Ninio having shifted the Atlantic jetstream further South than normal. It seems the Western Isles have been basking in near-tropical sunshine for some months. To cheer those of us 'doon sooth' up, here's the beach at Bernaray: