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Quote Originally Posted by Michael Parnham View Post
Even here the Temperature was 15% at 7am this morning, never ever happened since records began!
... so I can well~believe the temperature you've quoted for the Derby area, Michael.

Roughly the same up here.

But the notion of a swim ANYWHERE in in December?

Brr ... ! Nooo thanks!

Having said that, I spent a couple of hours in the sea on Christmas Day, 2008.

Mind you, that was at Myrna's relatives' beach resort in the Phils!