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Oh, the joy of summer!

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Sunday was the end of British Summer Time and the return to Greenwich Mean Time. In real terms that means the beginning of the winter months, the colder days, the darker nights....not really my favourite time of the year, to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with crisp, dry days, especially if there's a bit of sunshine thrown in too! But living in the UK usually means many a dull, grey and wet day, with ever colder temperatures that never seem to end....ah, but at least there is Christmas to look forward to.  This year I marked the end of summer by swimming in the sea!! Don't worry, I haven't gone completely mad! We spent the first half of our school holiday in one of my favourite places in the world – Puerto Pollensa in the north of Mallorca. For those of you who don't know, Mallorca is the biggest of the three Balaeric Islands situated in the Mediterranean Sea and belonging to Spain. On Sunday, the sun was shining brightly, t