Rubee, hope your OH will feel a bit better tomorrow after his jab. LB, what a difference the absence of the big conifer will make in your home. You might need sunshades now😂 They do get massive don't they? Our daughter has a garden full of them along the bottom of the garden and whenever I see them I think about them coming down in high winds. Far too dangerous. I'm signing out for tonight too.
After calm day, one more storm, this time with hail. Just what my garden need after wind and rain. It was short one, but long enough to do some damage. I'll have something for dinner, and later is Poirot on tv.
Good morning everyone I was awake at four o’clock.Couldn’t get back to sleep . I will read for a while then see if I can get an hours sleep 💤.We haven’t got any wild weather yet . I do hope that you are all safe.
Good morning @Rubee and all to follow. Went out for a curry for a friend’s birthday last night and up early for work today. All seems calm out there after a wet and windy night. Starting to get light here which is lovely I do hate going to work in the dark.
Sorry to hear about the hail @Ante1 it’s so damaging to the garden isn’t it?
@Ladybird4 we cut down a row of conifer trees many years ago in a previous house and the neighbours 3 doors down came to thank us, couldn’t believe how much lighter their kitchen was, just goes to show how much they affect light levels.
Goodness me Ruby - another unsettled night for you. Hope you are back to sleep now.
It seems storm Ciaran is mainly affecting the south of England so I hope anyone further south than where I am is safe. It sounds very scary.
Ante, it seems you are in the midst of a wild weather pattern too. I hope that the hail hasn't done too much damage in your garden - especially the new plants you put in the other week.
I'm off to Bestie's today. We have a lot of gossip to catch up on.
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Good morning Debs, you weren't there when I posted earlier. I am so pleased with the light levels in my living room and bathroom now and this will only get better as the last of the tree disappears. I do have to say that I feel a tinge of sadness looking at the tragedy that used to be a refuge and home for many of my garden birds but I can't have it all.
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We're in Kent, so are likely to catch some of the storm. It's chucking it down with rain now, and certainly windy. Fences, shed and hedges are still intact. Conservatory is still there. Even the plant pots which I huddled together in a corner. Chimneys have been howling much of the night. Will check the loft later, subject to wife's agreement.
Hope you've all emerged from the storm unscathed. Just a regular Marti night up here, fortunately.
When I see reporters who've deliberately travelled into the worst affected areas to tell us all that we should all stay away/indoors, I wonder about the mixed messages being sent to those of a 'thick as mince' persuasion. You hear of cars/people being blown into the sea for example. What are they doing there? In their subconscious, has seeing some windswept reporter standing on a seafront convinced them that the advice doesn't apply to them either? "It's not that bad"
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LB, what a difference the absence of the big conifer will make in your home. You might need sunshades now😂 They do get massive don't they? Our daughter has a garden full of them along the bottom of the garden and whenever I see them I think about them coming down in high winds. Far too dangerous.
I'm signing out for tonight too.
Rubee, hope your Oh will soon be better.
After calm day, one more storm, this time with hail. Just what my garden need after wind and rain. It was short one, but long enough to do some damage. I'll have something for dinner, and later is Poirot on tv.
I'm sure you will still have plenty of birds LB, there must be other trees and shrubs for them and you will enjoy having more light.
We are going home from Daughter 1's this morning. Over 2 hour drive so I hope it won't be too windy.
How are others?
Hope you've all emerged from the storm unscathed. Just a regular Marti night up here, fortunately.
When I see reporters who've deliberately travelled into the worst affected areas to tell us all that we should all stay away/indoors, I wonder about the mixed messages being sent to those of a 'thick as mince' persuasion. You hear of cars/people being blown into the sea for example. What are they doing there? In their subconscious, has seeing some windswept reporter standing on a seafront convinced them that the advice doesn't apply to them either? "It's not that bad"