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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Barney Davis

The UK village that saw just 12 minutes of sunlight in 11 days

After heavy rain over the Somerset Levels clouds and mist form below St Michael’s Tower, Glastonbury - (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

The misty ruins of Odiham castle looked especially mythical this month as an “anticyclonic gloom” descended blocking out the sun.

The Hampshire village, home to around 4,400 people, recorded just 12 minutes of sunshine in the past 11 days, according to the Met Office.

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