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The rain in Spain falls mostly on my head

Written here on Friday, February 19th, 2010 by

Scrambling out of bed, packing frantically and heading off to Alice’s school. A presentation to the school assembly followed by children signing The Ball and a kick-about in the gym…

Children at the Laude school sign The Ball
Children at the Laude school sign The Ball

The team at the Laude school
The team at the Laude school

And then off again. On the road: driving through driving rain once more. It has been raining constantly for more than 12 hours now. Avoiding enormous puddles and dirty water rushing down from the hills, we finally arrive at the ferry terminal in Algeciras. It’s finally time to leave Europe.

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