To those worried well diehards all I can say is fear not. Drought is not that unusual in this country all things considered. Official records don't go back that far, relatively speaking, so one will have to spend days at the British library to see how common an exceptionally dry period might be.
Many insist on blaming the myth of man-made climate change on the dry period we now see. This is utterly ridiculous of course. You might as well blame the filling with water of the Olympic swimming pool for the lowering in UK water stocks. Stupid I know but it's more plausible if not more humorous.
The press love to spice these events up as they did a few years ago when the Bewl reservoir dropped below normal levels. Of course, in time, it filled up again like it always does. Interestingly I found this little piece on my surfing travels and gives an insight to the perils of getting what you wish for in terms of supposed "global warming". Looking at the evidence I know that I'd far prefer a warmer climate than what we in the UK experienced over the past few centuries well before Al Gore and Chris Huhne were there to trumpet plague and pestilence because of our sinful ways.
Read on:
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=winter-history;sess=
Bear in mind that solar cycles 23, 24 and 25 are projected to be low in output similar to when they were a few centuries ago. Now this is something to worry about. The implications, if correct, could have a severe impact for all of us and there's nothing we can do to stop it.