I have done before but can't say it made much difference. I'm a male too, so it's the best kind.
Volume is where it's at with composting really. The bigger you can get your heap, the better, as the more heat you'll generate and the faster it'll rot down.
We have huge compost bays at work and...
To be fair, I've found this year as much as a challenge growing as a hot dry year. As you say, April was bone dry and freezing cold. May was very wet and not very warm or sunny. Hence, everything got off to a very slow start.
Last year was a bumper year. A very warm Spring had everything...
I'd go further. If only every Summer could be like this Summer. Plenty of rain. Just the odd heatwave, but nothing relentless. More cloudy days than sunny ones.
Perfect in my book :thumbsup: