Hope you're safe & warm up there!
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Not quite up as far as Scotland (not far off though) but I was putting a roof on today and in the area of the roof where there's a traditional roof (there's a good few trussed rafters on the rest as well) the bricklayers had put a girder across two peaks, that will form the peak support.
Anyway, during the night that girder blew off and was halfway down the scaffold. Now its only maybe about three metres long and not the heaviest section girder but its not dead light either. Must have been a fair old wind to blow that off and I wouldn't want a slap across the back of the lug with it.
Anyway, during the night that girder blew off and was halfway down the scaffold. Now its only maybe about three metres long and not the heaviest section girder but its not dead light either. Must have been a fair old wind to blow that off and I wouldn't want a slap across the back of the lug with it.
windy last night but being on the east coast dont think we got it as bad the Swedish tarp i have perminately setup in the tress at the back of our garden (my daughter camp area/ wood pile ,log seat etc) survived, but i think more to come.
Meh!
Just a little breeze to us savages up here, camped out in much worse wearing nothing but my body hair, a pair of y-fronts and a grin.
rorymax
Nice one, I love it!
Blew through like an express train last night, and the wind and rain haven't stopped all day.
No trains running today, Son2's still not home, either he's hoping for a bus or he's walking the 15 miles out
The trees have come through surprisingly well, they've lost all the little dry branches though. Most of my trees in pots blew over, so those'll need righted and staked through. It's Winter though, so most of the fruit trees are just bare branches and haven't shattered.
I suspect the folks on the very west coast will have had it a lot worse than us.
M
No trains running today, Son2's still not home, either he's hoping for a bus or he's walking the 15 miles out
The trees have come through surprisingly well, they've lost all the little dry branches though. Most of my trees in pots blew over, so those'll need righted and staked through. It's Winter though, so most of the fruit trees are just bare branches and haven't shattered.
I suspect the folks on the very west coast will have had it a lot worse than us.
M
Meh!
Just a little breeze to us savages up here, camped out in much worse wearing nothing but my body hair, a pair of y-fronts and a grin.
rorymax
You weren't that hardcore if you had your y-fronts on
You weren't that hardcore if you had your y-fronts on
True,
But being bald I needed something to keep my head warm, you lose most of your body heat through your head you know.
rorymax
Cal Mac ferry had interrupted ferry status, for most of their routes. The Clyde looked nice around half ten, all those shades of grey outweighing the white topped waves.
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I lived on Cumbrae island in the Firth of Clyde some years ago. It could get a bit breezy at times. The storm of the winter of 1991/92 uprooted the newly built millport peir, destroying it, and pushed a 10 tonne navigation bouy up the beach, across the road and into someone's garden, where it stayed for months before it could be removed. Our three storey stone house shook and swayed like a palm tree that night.
So yes, I hope everyone up north is okay. It is bad enough down here. We had a tree land on a bus earlier today in Pontypool. No-one seriously injured.
So yes, I hope everyone up north is okay. It is bad enough down here. We had a tree land on a bus earlier today in Pontypool. No-one seriously injured.
I was busy throwing heavy stuff onto the kids trampoline and filling the space underneath it with stuff to stop the wind getting under it and taking it away, also boarding up the sides to the chicken and duck runs so they could still go out without becoming airbourne unwantedly.
On the plus side I'm a recycling bin, car cover, fish box, and 2 tarps richer - they were all sitting in the front garden and around the car one morning
Nothing seriously damaged and nothing flying through the windows, I haven't heard of any accidents locally, so all in all quite happy.
On the plus side I'm a recycling bin, car cover, fish box, and 2 tarps richer - they were all sitting in the front garden and around the car one morning
Nothing seriously damaged and nothing flying through the windows, I haven't heard of any accidents locally, so all in all quite happy.
Reassuring to know it's not just my family that numbered the kids... though it does make for some weird converstations
wife: who was on the phone?
me: mother one looking for number three
wife: WDF?
Very windy up here on Friday, calmer with snow fall on Saturday, windy and warmer and wetter on sunday and by bed time all the snow had gone. Today we are back to higher winds and snow falling.
