…  always get me down are words from a Carpenters song.  Its official now.  June was the wettest June since records began.  Won’t dispute that and it was also duller than usual.  We’ll all be suffering from SAD before autumn arrives.  Monday was disappointing weather wise.  I was expecting it to be dull with some showers but the showers seem to be in the form of constant drizzle.  No departures but one arrival and one cleaner up.  Cottage arrived about 4pm.  A usual Monday at our peak district cottages, laundry, rubbish, and time for some accounts as we have just passed the end of the second quarter so I have some work to do for the quarterly VAT return.  The first of the monthly bills started to arrive too.  Andrew and Joanna have gone off for a few days looking at Holsteins so I went down with Smudge to round up the cows for milking.  The fields are getting very boggy and while we were rounding them up I actually got stuck in mud.  I couldn’t get my boot out.  I had visions of having to wait until Ian finished milking before I could be rescued but with a bit of wiggling I finally managed to free my foot even though it meant I fell in the mud in the process!  Will have to submit a bill for laundry!  Poor Smudge needed a good hose down for all his efforts.  Here are the statistics for June’s weather.

Rain 6.3 in (June 2011 1.77 in) Wettest day 8th with 1.39 in.
Warmest day and night 27th with 21.2 on the 27th  Highest UV 8.6 on 28th.
Coldest day and night 3rd with lowest temp 4.2 on the 4th