Umbrellas were needed as rain returned to London
(Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)After eight days of temperatures topping 30C in the UK, a new weather phenomenon has arrived: rain.
Amid the driest summer in decades, the novelty has had people rediscovering the type of weather usually reserved for Wimbledon fortnight. The sight of damp pavements and umbrellas, the feeling of being wet from something other than sweat, even the smell of rain being something people need to articulate (and yes there is an actual name for it).
