Storm Arwen

[Steve J]

Well I hope everybody is safe after some pretty damned strong winds last night, which are only beginning to ease here. We didn't get much sleep given the wind direction meant it was howling down the street all night, with various bits of debris blowing along making noise. I think we got woken up around 3-4 times, so feeling a tad tired.

So anyone planning on going to Warfare today, take care and be careful.

[Techno II]

Very strong and noisy here, Steve....though it seems to be dropping now.

I'm sure there'll be some branches down, along the road to the village.

Cheers - Phil.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Rather wild here but mostly dry, not seen any snow as yet.

[Steve J]

Yep, I'm sure we'll have lots of branches on the road and a few trees down in the woods. No rain or sleet yet as forecast...

[fred.]

Very windy here. Had a bit of neighbour's roof blow off last night (just plastic edging) which landed on the conservatory roof with a big clatter, whilst I was try to war game last night!

A few things blown over in the garden but nothing that doesn't just need picking up

Daughter has shared photos of a thin layer of snow in Birmingham this morning.

[Raider4]

Fence to next door has blown down (their responsibility  ) and lots of leaves in the garden, but otherwise we seem to have survived unscathed.

[Steve J]

A mixture of rain, sleet and snow has just arrived and the winds haven't abated much. Glad I don't have to go out anywhere today.

[Heedless Horseman]

Northumberland. Last night rather 'noisy' with heavy rain and some sleet. Suprisingly little tree damage in garden apart from loads of 'bits'. 
Fairly Quiet, now.

Good thing. Stream has cleared itself of accumulated leaf/stick jams, so I don't have to! 

Bad thing: New 'flat' flat roof areas with guttering instead of 'lip'... in a couple of places, guttering just cannot cope with heavy rain. One place, joint leaks/overflows onto bedroom windowsill... noisy. Another, water overflows to sheet down wall. Had installer out  to rectify, a while back... but hasn't worked and don't see what can be done. Maybe, should have gone for 'lipped' roof and accepted 'pooling'... it was there for 50 years! Try to 'improve' things... 

[Techno II]

Only a few branches in the road....and they were partially rotten, anyway.

Biggest were an inch and a half (40mm) in diameter.
I just picked those up and threw them into our fields.

One dustbin lid had gone walkabout...but not far.

In the village, one litter bin had gone walkabout...and that was about it.
For the strength of wind (sound wise)....we got away VERY lightly in this area of SW Wales.

Cheers - Phil.

[jimduncanuk]

I had to go out last night and put a few bricks on top of our bins as they were threatening to migrate. Checked the fence while I was out, rock solid.

The bins were all still in place the following morning but left the bricks on top as it was still a bit gusty.

I have a Japanese Maple in our front garden and every leaf including those fallen into the garden border have gone, no idea where.

Out back I do not have any trees but the garden is full of leaves, somebody else's leaves as there was not a Maple leaf in sight.

[Steve J]

An invigorating and bracing walk this afternoon, with the wind still really strong when on the top of the hills, then as still as anything in the lee of the hills. A few rotten trees down and the woods suddenly carpeted in leaves, which looked rather nice.

My wife had to go into Bristol and said it wasn't fun driving the car as it was blown about quite a bit this morning.

[Techno II]

Jimbo.

With the direction of the wind....your leaves are probably down somewhere near Leon's home in Middlesbrough.

Cheers - Phil.

[jimduncanuk]

Jimbo.

With the direction of the wind....your leaves are probably down somewhere near Leon's home in Middlesbrough.

Cheers - Phil.

Following that logic then the leaves in my garden have come from Aberdeen.

 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

All the leaves are on the footpath round here. However the jungle nextdoor has been cut down finally, probably cause the huge plant in the wall pulled it down in the last gale. We have also collected a Lidl bag for life and the door from the flat downstairs has migrated to the back of the yard. Wind seems to be dropping.   

[Techno II]

PAH !!!!

My dear 'little'       niece (lives oodles further North than you do, Jimbo.)

I hope she and my 'baby bruv' have managed to survive .

Can't contact them at the mo.

Cheers - Phil