We have indeed had some great weeks - and admittedly some areas are desperately needing rain - but 3 or four days constant gentle rain would be better than about 6 hours of incredibly heavy , if you were caught in it without appropriate gear it would be of the variety my elder daughter refers to as 'once you are inside it's change EVERYTHING as even your underwear is soaked by the wet stuff '. Personally I think that's an excellent description
we are having little intermittent showers now . According to my daughter down South they need soft gentle rain overnight for the next couple of weeks - the ground is so hard and dry that heavy rain just doesn't soak in