We are getting very worried in the southern half of England. We've been dry for months, and hot and almost bone-dry for six weeks. The forecast is for no rain for the foreseeable future and the weather map shows a huge blocking anticyclone just starting to build in. By the middle of next week we are back in the low or mid-30s as continental Europe heats up again and we get a bit of their hot air. We just don't get summers like this.

A few days ago we got 4mm of rain overnight. Since then it's been sunny and windy, a great recipe for drying us out even more.