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"And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him and to water him."

Every so often, it's quite nice to embrace the rain. Wear lightweight shorts and T-shirts and actually let yourself get wet. Once you are wet, it's not that cold and then you can relive your childhood splashing through puddles etc. Then come home and have a lovely hot shower.

The chalkstreams....for trout and flyfisherman. They are fed by deep underground aquifers which are normally recharged by winter rain. That natural process hasn't happened properly over the past decade, and only has recently as April, the Env. Agency was predicting disaster for the rivers, flylife and fish. All until this summer's rain.


Ditto British Salmon rivers where higher summer water levels allow more salmon returning from the Atlantic to evade predators and spawn safely.

I've had a horrible summer cold for over a week now - total snot factory and two black eyes from dodgy sinuses - but when I'm lying on the sofa moaning gently into the cushions it's nice to know I'm not missing decent weather. And pollen doesn't stand a chance of making it up my nose, which is a plus.

Listening to Poor Farmers Moaning about the Rain..


Well they never stop moaning..


Too Wet... Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


Too Dry... Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


Too Hot... Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


Too Cold.. Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


Too Windy. Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


'R' in the Month .. Crops Destroyed Poor Harvest..


Ever see a Poor Farmer...???


Fox..

Ever see a poor farmer? Yes, not least the milk producers protesting in London a few days ago because they're now forced to sell milk for less than it costs them to produce it. It's only the large-scale operations that can stay head of the markets and, as in banking, they're a small minority. Farming used to be one of Britain's largest and nost successful industries but since the war it has been progressively eroded, with small farmers being forced out of business daily. Tempted to ask, ever read the papers...

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