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Fire and rain

I'm out of town on elder care business just now, a situation not conducive to high intensity online activity. I have, however, learned from the BBC website that heavy rain is forecast for central London today. That's not exactly something to look forward to when I return home this evening, but it would have been extremely welcome on this day of September in 1666. That was the day the Great Fire ignited in a bakery in Pudding Lane. History primers available here and here.

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