It's strange to think that it was pouring rain less than a week ago and everything was saturated and muddy - now the ground is dry and as hard as concrete. The 'Big Bake' has started and the last few days we've had unrelenting heat - almost no cloud cover from sun up to sun down - and plants visibly wilting. So any sign of rain is a god sent blessing. They've got this one heading below Taiwan, but looking at the charts, i wouldn't say it was certain - does seem to be a bit of a gap for it to recurve up into Taiwan. Regardless, it should almost certainly bring some rain relief by thurs - even tomorrow night if we are lucky.