Tumbleweed wrote:

LOL it was only a few weeks ago they were warning about water shortages and
saying it wasnt feasible we'd get enough rain to compensate for the dry
summer.

They were referring to the South East which gets most of its water
from aquifers, because rain takes a long time to soak into them.
The rain that has fallen recently will make very little difference
to the aquifers so I expect hosepipe bans again this Summer, here in
Cambridge.
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Nick Wagg