We were astonished to see the growth in the garden on our return. We have had 212 mm of rain so far for the month (130 mm of that on 8th Oct) so it hasn't been exactly dry. 

While the spuds have decided that conditions are perfect, the sweetcorn and peas have not liked the conditions at all as we've had only about a 10% germination rate from them. The lowest temperature we have had in our absence was +2.1°, with the mean being 12.4°.