The Fortieth of May

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Today, June 9th, is the Fortieth of May. For Spaniards it's like St Swithins. The weather today is supposed to signpost the weather for the summer. It was sunny spells and warm here but the TV news was full of torrential rain and low temperatures all over the country. My pal, Mr Crawford is touring Northern Spain at the moment. He said, using slightly more expressive language, that it was raining heavily where he was, in Lugo.

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