A Century Of UK/NI Rainfall (part 1)

A butcher's at drought and deluge over the last 100 years. Are things getting worse, and what does 'worse' even mean?

A few days ago I drove Mrs Dee down through the verdant county of Somerset, the land of dragons, cider and tractors (except we call them trakkurs down here). Wishing to avoid the caravan-laden M5 we decided to meander using the old trunk roads that took us through the sprawls of Highbridge, Bridgwater, North Petherton and Taunton. What struck us was the…