We too have had torrential rain ,I keep looking at the forecasts to see if Suffolk is getting some rain,but really very little .Daughter says all pastures are dry and vegetation flagging.
Who remembers a plan to get water to The Sahara? Well not piped but the theory was as trees attract rain a good thick line of trees would attract rain ,a lady started it off,I can remember it on iT.V..Not heard anymore of it though.
It was a sound theory according to experts.
When you think of all the hedgerows that have been destroyed to accommodate the huge combine harvesters etc it is no wonder Suffolk is getting very little rain .
With the example of the dust bowl in The U.S.ie no grazing bison ,so no manure, scrub cleared ,no hedges only fences ,it was a man made disaster.
On a smaller scale here but nevertheless the same outcome ,less rain!
I remember in Geography at school learning about a line across the U.S. it defined the area suitable for growing cotton ,which needs something like 200 frost free days ,that is most probably not the correct number ,it is 78 years ago!
I thought it might have been The Mason Dixon line but looked that up and that was more political.
A bright cool day here,awaiting a phone call from Dr, drugs review .
Hope all are O.K. Thanks for your news folks .
Viktoria.
