Hosepipe restrictions lifted

After rummaging through Sutton and East Surrey Water Company's delightfully last-century web site this morning, we were a bit confused about the hosepipe ban, which is still in effect despite the lifting of the drought order.

It turns out that from 8am tomorrow morning, the hosepipe restrictions will be lifted. apparently, they only applied to motorcars anyway, so all this time spent cleaning bikes with a brush and bucket when it was raining and cold, we could have just used a hose and been done ina  few minutes. Arrrgh!

Anyway, good news: if you live 'round the Dorking area and inside SEWC's remit, you can get busy with the hosepipe from 8am on Thursday.