no not the Labour leader hopeful, but the storm about to hit NW of the UK. (yes Scotland, you are still members of the UK ....... but not Europe)

Down where I am ...... we are on the fringe ......

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The wind arrived here around three and the rain at four. It’s pretty breezy but we’ve had worse.

Amazing, though, that we are only at Ciara this year, where in 2016 we’d had Imogen by now! 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
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‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

Been giving it some wellie over here since about 1600 . Hatches are battened so it can do its worse, trees looking ify

Not a lot you can do really.





 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Couple of extra spring ropes stern and aft on the boat, don’t want it ending up in the garden or across the fairway in the neighbours garden.

Given the sea is at the front and marina at the back of our house, applied a ceramic top up on both cars today. Expecting lots of salt in the air overnight whatever the wind direction. Everything light is moved out of the garden and will put the wheely bins in the garage tonight to avoid putting a new light lens in the missus’s SLC - as we did when the wheely bin crashed into it in the last strong breeze!

Was going to some more exposed areas of the coast tomorrow to have a little look, but the missus has flu and pretty much everything interesting local such as Calcot, Lepe etc is rumoured to be closed.

Hope it is fun to experience but not costly for folks.

Flying from BHam today - fingers crossed Jules

It's as windy as a windy thing here in Wiltshire this morning  94 Disco 300 TDI Gone
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Just driven 100 miles from North Yorks coast to South Yorks. Why can't they build roads that do not hold water on them and at the edges? Really dangerous. Silver 2009 HSE

pretty bad here, wouldnt say cold wind but rain blowing sideways getting into everywhere At work
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GlynnB wrote:

Just driven 100 miles from North Yorks coast to South Yorks. Why can't they build roads that do not hold water on them and at the edges? Really dangerous.

It's not how the road is designed but how it is built and repaired, the repairs are the thing that destroys a good design and build. Road taxes have very little to do with road expenditure, if it was they would be gold plated now l my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Also the lack of ditches alongside roads. The amount of water coming off fields straight on to the road was ridiculous. The Romans were good at this 2000 years ago. Silver 2009 HSE

I dont think its too bad in North East England, my sister in Glencaple near Dumfries has it a bit breezy 2017 SEAT Ateca 4drive 2.0 xcellence (May 2022 -
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Yes Scotland must be getting it bad. My brother is in Glasgow, visibility is poor and he has had to lite a second candle

They've been dangerous for years, but he decides to cut them down today of all days - luckily it's not been too windy here yet.

M20 where they are doing the smart bit shut today a a lamp post blew down?