Before we firmly head into autumn, I want to look back over this extraordinary summer. Here in Devon, after a dry Spring, we had no rain for 45 consecutive days in July and August, which is a UK record. We are still officially in drought. Ironically, this is after the wettest winter on record, with rain every day until early March. It has also been hot on 91 days, with an all-time high of 35.8 C recorded In June, and we had the driest July in Devon sonce records began in 190