Why won’t it rain? Why?

[Ash]

A lot cooler..... last night flooded the garden in about 5 minutes, looked this morning and you would hardly know it rained

Heavy rain's not much use to the soil when it just bounces off and floods somewhere else. We need long. slow gentle drizzle to rehydrate the parched earth.

[Peter]

Heavy rain's not much use to the soil when it just bounces off and floods somewhere else. We need long. slow gentle drizzle to rehydrate the parched earth.

Indeed. Huge, dramatic downpours are not very british at all. Drizzle most certainly is.