With their usual finely-tuned sense of timing the UK Environment Agency announce a drought on what has to be the wettest day of the year. It has been raining solidly in SE England last night and most of today. Everywhere is flooded. So on this morning's radio we are told that the EA have announced a hosepipe ban!!! Why didn't they think of this in the summer when everyone was washing their cars, using lawn sprinklers and topping up swimming pools? OK, this year was pretty dry, but overall we are a pretty wet island - why don't we do more to conserve the water before it runs off into the sea? Maybe one or two reservoirs might help? These can even be underground if the neighbours object. Not exactly rocket science....