There is a gorse fire burning, not close to me or threatening to damage any houses, but near enough that I keep coughing when the wind is in my direction. It's been burning for two days now. What we need is heavy rain that lasts at least a couple of hours. We just had a heavy shower, but I don't think that's going to be enough.
It's so annoying, I can't hang out washing, I can't open my window at night, apparently some roads have been having visibility problems.