Right, so nearly three-quarters of England is now officially in drought, it is definitely boiling down here in Cornwall plus 30 degrees is not much fun when you’ve got no air con and the fan is merely fanning the flames of the furnace you’re trapped in.

Forty-five million people are now part of the great English drought drama, with over 27 million of us cast as 'thirsty extras' under some water restriction. And of course, the water companies would really like it if you kept doing your part. Millions already are, after all. Odd how responsibility always seems to be ours whilst they just keep on coining it in. Put the hose away. Let your car build up a crust of dirt. Forget the paddling pool. Take showers so short you barely get wet, because every drop matters. Except there's a big, water-guzzling elephant in the room, and somehow we're all s ...