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Send them up DP, altho my two have spent all afternoon in the paddling pool, with the sprinkler on, so the garden has had such a good watering!  It will probably rain tomorrow now!!

Not a drop in kent.  Haven't been to the lotty since Sat am and wimped out coz it was too humid.  Wont get there till this Sat and scared of what I might find frazzled.

It's been hot and humid here in Birmingham as well, but the allotment's OK in the evening, which is the only time I manage to get there at the moment. I'm just marking, marking, marking for the next couple of weeks. Talk about soul destroying! I had a paper yesterday which claimed that 'Jews often marry their families, so they wear dark glasses to hide the inbreeding weakness'!!! Meanwhile the weeds are taking full advantage and going mad. The first year I did the marking, they were waist high and it took me the entire summer holidays to get them sorted out. This year it's not that bad, but it's bad enough.

Thunderstorms came into Dorset last night (around 8 ish), though didnt get any rain in Dorchester until 6am this morning - and its hardly stopped since. Just had a tremendous cloudburst about half an hour ago too.

Rain's made it as far as where I work near Watford. Huzzah! The wonderful sound of water I don't have to carry about in buckets!

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It is sooooooooooooooo hot and humid here in Essex so far today, am reaching the point of 'can't be doing anything else now!'

However, the skies on the horizon to the North and darkening and things are looking cloudy.  I am hoping for plenty of rain, just not toooo hard please!

We've got the storm here - thunder lightening and LOADS of wet stuff! Can practically hear the plants slurping.......

COME ON RAIN!  The sky is darkening by the minute!  I don't wanna have to go out and water all the new pots of seeds number one son planted yesterday!!!

RAIN!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Had rain on and off for a couple of hours now, in East Yorkshire.  Not too heavy but most welcome - maybe we can start digging and planting down on our new lottie tonight!

PS:  BBC lunchtime news weather forecast had changed a lot since this morning's forecast - more rain spreading over more of the country so hopefully it will make its way down south!

Nothing in East Sussex yet.................................... :'( :'( :'(

Nothing here yet, but the skies are going grey quickly. Please PLEASE hold off until I can get home, nip down the plot and attach at lease one length of guttering 'twixt my shed roof and new water butt.... It would be such a shame not to be able to collect some of that lovely water...

grey skies but no pudding here in central london.
at least i wont get wet on the way home....

Tons of the stuff in Brum :P

Send it our way pleeeeaaaaase!

Well, I ask you , was it worth all the rumblings and grumblings!  It rained on and off for about 30 minutes, but within 2 minutes of it stopping, the ground was dry!  hothothot again, altho the skies are still thick and dark.

i spoke too soon. now thunder and lightening, and rain, in london. just in time for my cycling home :(
i dont mind the ground getting wet but i think i have stopped growing and dont need to be rained on!

We had torrential rain at 3pm today for 15 mins or so which dried up immediately.  We then had some decent stuff for about an hour and poor Merly puss came in soaked and not looking his posh self at all.  That'll teach him to go frogging  ;D

 ::) I'll bet my plot is over run with slugs 'n' snails after that down pour >:( and I've not been able to get up there to smash em. >:(

I got up to distant rumbles this morning, then the floodgates of heaven were opened while great Jove hurled some thunderbolts. The plot was nice and damptonight, and the water never got as far as flood level. Just as well too, it's devastating when it happens.