I was starting to get really worried last night, the new field was so brown even my last years hay was greener its where it was so long and while its been so hot and dry the animals have eaten the top off it leaving mostly dead stuff underneath, generally not a problem in may/june as you get the new growth coming through but its just been plain hot here topping at I think 36c the other weekend and we haven't had any rain to speak of since at least mid May, and with sandy soil that means it goes like a desert really quickly, I started feeding hay again a couple of days ago but its just started raining about an hour ago and its still going, nice heavy rain with big fat drops I've never been so happy to see it rain