Or if anyone had told him that a great chunk of the north-east was cold, dark and soaking wet.

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It can be cold, wet and windy and has got poor facilities - all in all, it's very unwelcoming and that's just for Brighton!

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Walking along the trailside, annoyed at my cold, wet mission, I suddenly noticed a profusion of orange and yellow bell-shaped blooms growing on dwarf rhododendron bushes.

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Her hair was wet again, and in the centrally heated air he could smell the cold breath of the rain-soaked garden.

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In mid-May, the river was between 50 and 55 degrees and tipping would have meant a cold swim and chilly wet ride to the takeout.

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He says the problem with mislabelling happens more with "wet fish" - fish which is not fully deep-frozen but which is only kept cold on ice.

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