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What's the weather like in your area?

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  • Birdy13Birdy13 Posts: 595

    Norfolk: Quite cold at first, then sun came out around midday - warm enough with a bit of a breeze to dry some washing - then cold again from mid afternoon, although hardier should would have found soil conditions ideal for weeding - Brrrrrrr image

  • AWBAWB Posts: 421

    Electric back on Wednesdat 2.30pm, off since Monday 7.00am.at least 10 man days work on storm damaged trees,new 12x8 greenhouse demolished, freezer full of food thrown away.keeps you busy.

  • Awwww poor you AWB.

    It's drizzling here this morning in Sussex

  • AWBAWB Posts: 421

    It's not all bad news,of to the Carribaean tomorrow.Daughter in Hove said no problems there.

  • Birdy13Birdy13 Posts: 595

    I feel this is very much a weather related posting.

    AWB: so sorry to here about your greenhouse not to mention all the spoiled freezer food.

    I hope your insurers play fair - some years ago when an enormous overhanging bough was broken by a regional storm. the bough ended up just touching and resting on our greenhouse Denting it slightly. Any further weather damage and the whole greenhouse would have been crushed. 

    I informed the insurance company to get confirmation that they would cover the cost of  a proper tree firm surgically removing the bough to protect the greenhouse. 

    The call centre (in India I think) tried to tell me there had been no storm in my area (according to their computer records) And I would not be covered for damage that had not occurred yet.

    i told them they were talking rubbish and had photos to prove it and if they didn't agree to  cover the qualified removal of this storm related new risk ( a few hundred pounds) then they were going to have to pay out for a much greater property damage bill when the bough finally crushed the greenhouse. On the other hand, they did agree to cover the tree surgery, I would be willing to correct the slight damage already done without asking them to buy me a new greenhouse.

    Within less than a minute the guy came back to me, having 'checked with someone else' and instantly agreed they would cover the cost. 

    I seem to remember - not surprisingly - I insisted on email confirmation of this volt-face.

    Some of these firms are quite ruthless - you have to play them at their own game to get what you are entited to. I Hope your own claims are trouble free.

  • Birdy13Birdy13 Posts: 595

    Weather here presently, dull, cold and occasional breeze.

  • Lupin 1Lupin 1 Posts: 8,916

    Dry for once and some sun. Calm so not too chilly.

    AWB have a lovely hols.

    Well done Birdy13.

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,966

    First frost today. -2°

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • jo4eyesjo4eyes Posts: 2,058

    No frost here yet.

    About 8-9C first thing this morning.

    A sort of dry day, bright periods with a lot of ominous dark clouds mid afternoon, but no actual rain.

    Tomorrow looks awful here, rain++ & OH has just asked me to return his library books...great, waterproof trousers at the ready! image J.

  • Zoomer44Zoomer44 Posts: 3,267

    We had yet more rain. Hope it fairs up by the weekend was hoping to clear out the GH.

    AWB - Sorry to hear about the storm damage,

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