I suggest you get some of your water authorities to proclaim a drought. This happened here towards the end of March and it seems to have rained ever since. The main disadvantage for us is that it also has brought out myriads of slugs. I wonder if our ancestors had the same problem! Regards, Cecilia Bell in Essex UK -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SBS Engineers Research Sent: 16 July 2012 06:57 To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] Yorkshire Puddings and rain Pls send some of your rain over here we need it. Rain! Rain!!! What does it look like? Regards Ann Spiro Western Australia ONS = Briggs and baskett http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Baskett Blacksmiths & Related Occupations http://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com  ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message