Posted by Peter Ceresole on June 24, 2010 at 12:04:04 user PeterC.
In Reply to: A Pigeon Post summer? posted by Owen Roberts on June 24, 2010 at 02:03:26:
"North-West England is experiencing its driest start to the year since 1929, prompting water firms to appeal for a drought order to be brought in."
Perhaps this was the summer AR remembered when he wrote PP published in 1936.
Could be so.
Somebody has published a long term rainfall record for the Lakes. It does look as though 1930 had its dry moments...