Hi Philip, I would LOVE to see that kind of rain in my garden; we're heavy overcast for 2 days but not a drop of rain. I had no idea it could get THAT HOT in Ireland. Is that normal, or is it Climate Change related? Our climate here has been getting more "mediterranean-ish" over the past couple decades...we seem to be having more frequent dry spells in late summers. As for heat, it's always been and always will be HOT and HUMID here in the summer (unless of course we trigger the next ice age, in which case...) Wait...is that a mastodon I hear?