Welsh town Eglwyswrw has had rain for 81 consecutive days

A Welsh town called Eglwyswrw has endured rain for 81 consecutive days, putting it on track to break a record for the longest run of bad weather in Britain.

If it rains for another nine days the village of 700 people will take the mantle from the Scottish town of Eallubus, which had at least one downpour for 89 days in a row in 1923.

"This is one record we don't want to be famous for," Eglwyswrw farmer John Davies told the BBC.

"Man and animal don't take very well to endless rain and 81 days of it does leave its toll."

Shopkeeper Brian Llewelyn said while he has personally done well out of the weather, selling rain coats and boots at his petrol station, being soaked all the time has become "depressing".

"It's an ill wind that brings no good at all," he said.

"It’s starting to hit people in their pockets, you can’t get any work done. Farmers, builders and fencing contractors have all been hit."

Mr Davies said even the town's sheep are sick of the weather, having developed wool rot from the damp.

"We are hardy bunch here in Eglwyswrw, and it takes more than a few showers to grind us down, but it has been, all jokes aside, quite grinding," he said.