The last 10-15 years has been incredibly poor for the supposedly most thunder prone region of the UK. I don't know how old you are, but in my 43 years in this area I've witnessed a multitude of decent summer storms, some amazing all nighters, and a couple of supercells. All that activity seems to stay on the continent nowadays but I'm hoping it will change this year, who knows?! Would be so good to see storms like some of those I watched in the 80's.