BTW - I assumed 80" of rain was a lot! I just checked our locality. Where I live, Manchester, is not too bad with an annual average of 806mm - Just under 32". Where I walk however is a different kettle of wet stuff. Lake district average is 2000mm - 79". Seathwaite in Borrowdale (Going back there in a fortnight!) has a healthy 3300mm (130") and is the wettest inhabited town in the British Isles. Sprinkling Tarn, just below the Scafells is positively Rain Forest with 5000mm - over 196"! 80" - I laugh at your 80" :-)

David el Soggo Gnome