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I know I promised not to go on and on about the weather, but good grief it has been diabolical lately. I'm sitting up late, unable to sleep due to a horrible cold that made me sleep on and off for most of the day, and I've just listened to the single worst Shipping Forecast I have ever heard,. Thank heavens I'm not actually at sea - I usually listen to it because it is so soothing, but there seem to be severe gales everywhere. The news is full of floods and storms, and there was a man who had something to do with the Holyhead ferries (all cancelled) saying that it was the first time in thirty years he'd had to warn of hurricane conditions, by which I think he meant winds of up to 100 mph, rather than an actual hurricane. Meanwhile, the floods on the Thames seem to be moving downstream and I wonder what will happen when they hit London - the Thames Barrier only stops water coming up from the estuary, not down. I'm tempted to go and have a look at the river, but my cold is so horrible that I'm resigned to huddling here on the sofa with a blanket wrapped around me, listening to the wind howling outside.