Its a nice morning after the storm but..

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  1. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    There was me happily totting up a big pile of stuff around £1000 worth of panels to buy from Schofields or JK if Schofields didnt do it, then the sun rose on the back garden.

    So instead I ordered about £900 worth of fencing supplies. All of the bodged bits and the bits held up by rose bushes and small trees decided to break loose last night.

    The bus is going to get some bits of washing machine panel welded over the gaping holes in the deformation panel ...
     
    mikedjames, Dec 27, 2020
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  2. rustbucket

    rustbucket

    Grrrrrrrrrrrr. One of my favourite sayings “life gets in the way” springs to mind.
     
    rustbucket, Dec 27, 2020
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  3. art b

    art b

    100mph winds on the IOW..:eek:
     
    art b, Dec 27, 2020
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  4. Meltman

    Meltman Sprout Lover

    Probably be a bit breezy on our favourite camp site at Grange Farm then!
     
    Meltman, Dec 27, 2020
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  5. Soggz

    Soggz Supporter

    Mine has them, too!
     
    Soggz, Dec 27, 2020
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  6. Norris

    Norris Supporter

    It blew one of our garden chairs over!






    To be fair, it is a pretty hefty metal chair. The plastic ones were fine, but were in the lee of the house unlike the metal chair. I think we got off lightly :D
     
    Norris, Dec 27, 2020
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  7. 3901mick

    3901mick

    I left a bag of old wrapping paper on the decking, it moved 8 ft across the decking., next door lost 4 fence panels, their fake grass all ended in a heap, their shed lost its felt and kids play house up ended. Strange
     
    3901mick, Dec 27, 2020
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  8. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    A bit breezy last night oop North, I always sleep well when the rains smashing into the boat and it's blowing about a bit. Crew says the same so we look forward to such nights. :)
     
    Zed, Dec 27, 2020
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  9. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Was a bit windy here but the shed is still standing and the lights are in the outside tree. I will go and see if neighbours dodgy fence panel has remained intact.

    that’s a bummer @mikedjames :(
     
    Merlin Cat, Dec 27, 2020
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  10. Betty the Bay

    Betty the Bay Supporter

    Nothing to see in Rotherham...seen more damage after a vindaloo!
     
    Betty the Bay, Dec 27, 2020
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  11. Tilly

    Tilly

    Yes I saw the News apparently it has moved to within 10 miles of the French coast.
     
    Tilly, Dec 27, 2020
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  12. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    More like its an acre smaller..

    Strangely at Blackgang Chine about 10 years baxck, I was sitting there waiting for the kids to go round an attraction, and wondered why my 2G mobile was indicating roaming. And it had .. roamed onto Bouyges Telecom (France) ..

    (there are special long range cell base stations both sides of the Channel or La Manche as we should call it :-/ that cover the path of the car ferries from Portsmouth to Caen. )
     
    mikedjames, Dec 27, 2020
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  13. Tilly

    Tilly

    no The English Channel is the right one to use :)
     
    Tilly, Dec 27, 2020
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  14. philntfc

    philntfc

    It's ALWAYS a bit breezy at Grange Farm, it's the only campsite we've been to that has storm shelters dotted around:eek:
     
    philntfc, Dec 27, 2020
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  15. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    Of the 8 people in front of me in the queue at B&Q, 5 had roofing felt, and one had some feather edge fencing.

    It was on the windy and very rainy side here in that South Wales.

    Today though, glorious.
     
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    Moons, Dec 27, 2020
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  16. Meltman

    Meltman Sprout Lover

    We finished up in one of the 'storm shelters 'one year,the staff helped us save the tent!
     
    Meltman, Dec 27, 2020
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  17. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    A tree down across the road outside my house (luckily belonging to the neighbour.... although a chainsaw buzzing at 7.30 this morning was maybe not so lucky)
    Another one fallen over a bit further down the road.
    My TV aerial connector box, which in fairness has been flapping around not attached to the mast for a couple of years, was smashed on the ground next to my car this morning.... but luckily not through the windscreen!
    ...No terrestrial TV for me until I can be bothered to climb up on the roof and repair it.... probably that’ll be quite a while, then!
     
    scrooge95, Dec 27, 2020
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  18. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    Don’t climb on the roof!!! Especially not while it’s windy :eek:
     
    Merlin Cat, Dec 27, 2020
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  19. Pedro del monkeybike

    Pedro del monkeybike

    It was windy down in East Boldre
    I had drank more than enough Gin and by the time I woke up
    It was calm :)
     
    Pedro del monkeybike, Dec 27, 2020
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  20. Merlin Cat

    Merlin Cat Moderator

    I’ve heard it was 106 mph at The Needles.
     
    Merlin Cat, Dec 27, 2020
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