How Britain’s driest village is coping with the heatwave – and what you could learn

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The last time any precipitation was recorded in the village of Histon was on June 26 – a paltry 0.4mm. In fact, barely a thimble of rain has fallen on the lawns of the Cambridgeshire settlement since the beginning of the year. This has made it the driest place in the UK, according to the Met Office. The village duck pond is running low, lawns have turned brown and brittle, and residents are changing their daily routines to cope with weeks of unusually dry weather. So what’s it like to live there? How have people coped? And what can they teach us about getting through yet another heatwave expected next week? Jo Catterick, 62, says life in the village has slowed down and turned a li