Here in south central France we seem to be caught beneath a jet streak
emanating from north Africa. This has chucking up bands of torrential
rain with embedded thunderstorms for a couple of days now, and is
becoming a tad tedious. Last year was a pretty poor summer here
(apart from the thunderstorms, that is...), and so far this summer is
panning out to be considerably worse. Everywhere is sodden, although
the foliage is particularly lush. I haven't been able to cut the
grass for well over a week, and it is assuming a jungle-like
appearance. We were in the pool in April last year, but it hasn't
really been warm enough to venture in at all this year so far!

CK