If we do have a hose pipe ban it will have very little to do with the summer weather-but will mainly be due to the below average rainfall this past winter.
I have heard the same thing for the south east.
I hate hot summers anyway-my office does not have Air-con
I heard one bloke was using a hose to drain bathwater out of his bathroom window and water his plants - and he still got done - as he was using a hose... doh....