"JPG" wrote in message
...

I suspect that our correspondents blessed with living on the parched
heaths of
the Royal County of Berkshire will look at the brown verges and wonder
what I'm
talking about.

.... they've started perking up over the last 10 days or so - though it's
the weeds that are giving the green atm in my garden! But yes, the
recent rain has been welcome - if only to damp down the slow-burn
undergrowth and stop the heath fires of recent weeks.

As someone said elsewhere, it does remind me of summers more often that
not in the '50's and '60's - yes we had some good-uns, but often we were
dodging the rain.

Martin.


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