It's been unbelievable hot here, one of the hottest July's since 1911. Everywhere I go people keep telling me that when they say "Welcome to Sunny Bolton" it's a joke, but this week has been in mid 30's all week. I love it! Last night the rain finally came at about 4am, thunder and lightening, it was beautiful, you just don't get that back home very often do you? So I lay awake listening and enjoying the sounds of thunder rolling off the hills of Horwich. I've been exploring the place and the surronding towns. it's still a shock how green it is, I guess I expected it to be drier for some reason, being summer and all but they consistently get alot of rain throughout the summers here. I headed downtown Bolton the other day
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