Dorset, UK. 29th May, 2017. UK Weather. Raindrops hang from a garden gate, on a dismal, wet day for Portland Credit: stuart fretwell/Alamy Live News


The Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK, has a population of around 12,000 in winter, probably twice that in summer. Fortuneswell was mentioned in Thomas Hardy's 'The Trumpet Major' , when he called it 'The Street of Wells'. The Isle often records the highest annual sunshine hours in the UK but, when it rains, the rain is generally heavy and prolonged.


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