Well, perhaps it has been and gone. After the dryest winter in ages things went wrong in April as soon as a hosepipe ban was implimented. By the end of April one of our sites was partially flooded. We then had a lovely few days at the end of May, but with June the wet (and windy) theme is resumed.
We have just erected 400 sq m of pagodas held down by weights on a tennis court.The met office then predicts 55mph gusts (this is June!) so some of us have had an uncomfortable and noisy night in the pagodas keeping an eye on things and making sure the weights don't shift. It never hurts to take extra precautions as if we ever do have to make an insurance claim, such things count. (The event organisers were also very grateful as we kept an eye on all the other marquees there.)
All was well and the winds have now dropped; weather still very dull though. Those not sleeping in the pagodas were erecting a giant awning in the teeth of the gales, again without incident, though the work was twice as hard.
Only a month ago we were told that the hosepipe ban was unlikely to be lifted until winter. It has already been lifted in the west and is likely to go here soon.
Oh how we long for summer to return, but no sign in the forecast.
