In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 1 Jun 2005 at 15:26:52, Martin Rowley wrote :

... Indeed Peter - a dry spring just gone

Here the spring rainfall overall has been just about spot on the average
- 101% in fact.

, and looking out at our
garden, which despite today's hit-and-miss rainfall is looking quite
parched

Everything still green & healthy here.

, I can't help thinking that the English weather is conspiring to
make it difficult for the English batsmen this summer.

I suspect the Aussie bowlers will do that on their own...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham