Stalker enjoyed one letter into a UK national paper this month noting the upside of the bad weather.
“Sir- Apart from refilling the aquifers and reservoirs, the dismal weather has some benefits
The wild honeysuckle draping the hedgerows this year is particularly luscious, with a delicious scent in the evening. And we have never before gathered plate-sized mushrooms in June. Chris Lodge, Shropshire.” How lovely.