This summer is rapidly turning out to be the hottest and driest since we had the allotment in 2006. Came down straight after work and watered solid for two and a half hours. A conservative estimate would be that we used at least 2,500 litres of water.
In between filling the water butts we picked a load more soft fruit and the red gooseberries are easily the best we've ever had. The raspberries too are some of the best ever.