In my bit of north Cornwall we've had a lot of hot weather and very little rain for three months. In the whole of May and June so far we've had just over half an inch. May was the sunniest calendar month ever recorded in the UK. The sun has beamed down on Bude non-stop today, though there have been deluges just inland as the sea breezes from north and south coast converged. My garden is bone-dry and there's no grass to cut. I've been watering my spuds, beans tomatoes and raspberries, but they all know it's me and they're humouring me until they get proper rain.