In article , Martin Brown
writes
here I live at the moment I am having to tip water out of trays under pots
containing small trees. I am supposed to be watering them for a neighbour but we
had 100mm of rain in the last two days!

So you missed the real heavy rain then? ;-)

(round here it was up to 110mm with another 40mm promised, which I
haven't measured but I think was more than delivered!)
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"