As a gardener and allotment holder, I’m less excited about long spells of dry, hot weather than most people seem to be. You only have to listen to what weather forecasters normally call “good” weather to realise they aren’t thinking about what we and our plants also need.

I am delighted that we have finally been getting some more rain at last, although it might make walking home from work tomorrow with my bandaged arm rather “interesting” (as another example of a word that can convey a range of meanings), since the afternoon is slated to be very wet.