The Great British Weather

walk across the river bed

You mean wade through the stream of raw sewage, shirley

A mudlarks paradise

The sewage corresponds to rain (combined sewer overflows) at least in central london.

The water companies discharge sewage all the time, regardless of the weather

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/sewage-sleuths-river-pollution-slow-dirty-death-of-welsh-and-english-rivers

Looking into the data, Hammond noticed something even more shocking: works were venting untreated sewage despite there being no rain at all. Anglers had been complaining about such “dry spills” for years, but until Hammond came along, no one had been able to prove their existence.

Good/horrifying read thanks.

Just got the strong smell of petrichor, most welcome after the last few weeks although barely a drizzle

Or Geosmin?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin

just rode along the thames to parliament from out east on what could be one of the lowest tides of the year.
so many old sewer pipes showing i can't imagine what the thames would have looked like all those years ago when buildings just flushed into the river, the great stink must have been something to behold

never seen so many mudlarkers either, right at the waters edge looking for something that might not have been uncovered for 10 or 20 years

thunder and lightning just rolled into cornwall and heading this way, rain at last

into devon and coming at us from southend too

Rain in Greenwich!!!!

Just came to post that.

It's torrential!

Missed me in Eltham, we've had exactly 6 very large SPLATS of rain, then it stopped

10 minute shower in Peckham, I'll take it!

I was promised rain. I WANT MY DAMN RAIN!

Same here. A distinctly dry day in the Fens, despite the forecast.

Even Burnley missed the promised rain.

Already sick of rain here in Scotland.

Had just left my weekly DnD game at my mates and it started to rain on my cycle back last night. Pure bliss with the big raindrops and the smell. Never had such a nice cycle down Queen's Road.

got about a raindrop per 10cm2 last night
not enough to completely wet a surface

Someone has just walked past outside my window with an umbrella.

gentle rain and 100% coverage

It's absolutely chucking it down in central now, hope it eases up before my cycle back.

blitzortung live lightning map

or http://www.lightningmaps.org

few rumbles round our way

Waiting for inevitable pics of floods around London....