Rain, Rain, Glorious Rain!

It's official, England has had the wettest summer since records began and there's still five days of it to go!
What a contrast to last year when it was one of the hottest ever, with hose pipe restrictions, every one buying water butts and all the gardening publications telling you what plants will have to be planted to cope with the increasingly hot and dry English summers!
And it's not even the result of climate change.. just the usual weather patterns, albeit a bit later / earlier than usual - the onset of the hurricane season across the Atlantic Ocean late in August, and the arrival earlier in the season of a jet stream stretching further south than usual.
At least my garden is looking green and lush. Though having to mow the lawn nearly every weekend is a bit of a downer, and the tomatoes just aren't ripening due to lack of sun hours!
The resulting hail storms, awesome sunny days, interesting cloud shapes, electric storms and rainbows are weather incidences to remember for a while... or at least until winter when it's meant to be one of the coldest ever. Yeah right, this summer was meant to be one of the hottest!
The pictures are from the back door.. they don't do the two rainbows or storm clouds justice!