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Old 20-02-2012, 05:38 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What's all this about a drought?



"Doug" wrote in message
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I live in London and my garden has been sopping wet for months and yet
we have this...

"The Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is hosting a drought
summit later as parts of England struggle with groundwater levels
lower than in 1976.

She has invited water companies, farmers and wildlife groups to
discuss the situation in south-east England, East Anglia and the east
Midlands.

The River Kennet in Wiltshire has dried up completely west of
Marlborough.

The Angling Trust's chief executive Mark Lloyd said "it's a pile of
stones you can walk across in ordinary shoes".

Many rivers in south-east England have also dried up..."

Mo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17091256

Doug.


http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/no-d...ent-43078.aspx

Kindest regards

Mike

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