Here in Bude we've had 21 days of wall-to-wall sun, with just a tiny glitch three weeks ago with a cloudy day with a tenth of an inch of rain. Otherwise bone-dry. It won't rain and the sun will beam out for at least the next week. I remember the "nonesuch" summer of 1976, when you could plan your barbecues weeks in advance knowing that it would be hot and rainless. That's not the British way! I can't remember a spell of weather like this one. The only downside is that the thermometer still plunges into single numbers/the forties every night. By day we're getting 21-24C which is lovely for sitting around outdoors. But the garden work calls...