Scary weather

In East Sussex after torrential rain all day the wind is now really scary. We have nothing between us and the Channel so we are getting the full force and it does not reach its peek for about another four hours. Help.
Where are you alternativegran

Very wet and windy on the fens, We can't grumble as we are not flooded (yet) but last night was the first quiet night for ages.

Like a monsoon this afternoon, but not as warm. We were driving in Gloucestershire, just horrendous, DH was driving and there was nowhere to stop safely. Now I can hear occasional fierce gusts of wind outside.

Still got to give Grace bedtime walkie or maybe I could just leave downstairs loo door open for her!

Wind is whistling down the chimney its very gusty. The garden is sodden but not flooded.

Heavens - I hope you are all keeping safe.
I have just admonished a young friend for complaining that it took her an extra hour to drive home this afternoon - it was snowing. FFS we live in Scotland and it's February, what does she expect I reminded her that she was now home, safe, warm and dry and was not paddling about in 4' of s***. Perhaps I over did it a little, but I was cross.

Heavens - I hope you are all keeping safe.
I have just admonished a young friend for complaining that it took her an extra hour to drive home this afternoon - it was snowing. FFS we live in Scotland and it's February, what does she expect I reminded her that she was now home, safe, warm and dry and was not paddling about in 4' of s***. Perhaps I over did it a little, but I was cross.

oops, must have got carried away .....

Talking of Scotland. Well we weren't but you'll get my drift (excuse the pun)
BBC is doing Lambing Live again in March and this year it's from the Scottish borders. Bet they're glad they didn't choose Somerset.

I am in Wiltshire Brendawymms fields at the back so safe there, but my neighbour, who is in her nineties, has tall trees in front of her house and is quite frightened tonight.

I think I ought to light a candle for you, might have to anyway the lights keep flickering!!

have lost the torch I normally keep by my bed and to shine outside so the dog can see to wee - so am waiting on the moon reappearing.
I am in Herefordshire on a bit of an exposed hill and although not flooded have rain coming in gaps in windows and down the chimney - but just keep mopping.
the wind is ferocious and I can hear the tin roof on the large shed banging so think sleep will be difficult tonight.
my thoughts are very much with those who have it worse. Miraculously both phone and leccy are still going.

The wind is now ferocious , the trees out the back are bent double and things will be going 'bump' all night I'm sure. Maybe a wakeful night around here, stay safe everyone.

It's worse here now. The gusts are making the dogs jump. We are close to a railway bank which tends to shoot the air flow over the top of us and we have a large privet hedge and four Scots pines at the front of the house. They are doing a sterling job of keeping us safe.....we hope.

Very windy here in North Bucks. Howling around the corner of the house.

A bit on the breezy side. Definitely not sailing weather!
Blown my garden arch with honeysuckle climbing over it. It's been there for 8 years. Now is like an n on its side!
Wondering to replace or not! Might just leave the garden open from top to bottom.

It was on the local news tonight that 500 trees had been uprooted in the Killhope Forest. That's an afternoon outing for us, going to Killhope and Allendale, and I did not even know there was thick snow on the ground.
Hope the red squirrels are okay.

Coming home through sleet and hail at 17.00 we were stopped on the bridge over the Devon by an Ambulance, with all lights flashing, which was stopped in the middle of the road. Very quickly a long string of cars built up in both directions and we feared the worst - that someone must be lying on the road badly injured, perhaps a cyclist who had hit the huge puddle which inevitably forms at that spot in heavy rain.

After a while the Ambulance moved to one side to let the on-coming traffic pass and that is when we saw the reason for the hold up . A large snow white swan was swimming slowly round in circles in the 'puddle' looking slightly bemused by all the headlights. Ambulance crept forward, inch by inch, until they corralled the swan on the footpath between the road and a wire fence around the field. Frightened swan then waddled up the footpath towards the bridge where I hope it managed to get down to the river again. We had to continue in the stream of cars and, having been chased by an angry swan before there was no way I was getting out of the car. Hope she made it to safety.

Swans swimming in the middle of the road! Whatever next with this extraordinary weather

A very scary night. The wind was just horrendous. At about midnight the sky was clear with a bright moon but it's back to chucking it down. Hope there is not to much damage done to property overnight.

Makes me proud to be British Granny23. Hope Brendawymms survived the night.

Good morning, although it doesn't feel like it. I am shattered.

On Wednesday we were at our house in Normandy when the storm struck, some hours earlier than in the UK. It was coming from the south, an unusual direction and as it ramped up it was lifting the tiles and driving rain into the house and for about 2 hours, as the storm got stronger and stronger we were in real fear of the tiles being ripped off and the damage to roof and house that would ensue.

Last night back in England we had another frightening night. Our electricity supply is attached to our chimney, with a 45 metre cable back to the electricity pole. The gyrations of this long cable in this winter's winds is damaging the chimney. We have spoken to the electricity board, about the alternative way of getting the cable to the house - underground. We have a builder ready to dig the necessary trench, but the electricity company has pressing work elsewhere. Meanwhile the damp patch on the bedroom ceiling gets bigger as the damage to the chimney gets worse and last night we just sat there wondering whether the next gust would bring the chimney and electricity cable down on our heads.

As I said I feel absolutely shattered and wrung out this morning.

We must have been posting at the same time Brendawymms glad you are OK.

The new fence panels, that replaced the ones down in the last storm, are now in my neighbour's garden, but the power stayed on and no trees came down,

In the last half hour had a hail downpour and now blue sky and the wind is less. Roll on Monday when we escape to the sun of the Canary Islands for ten days.

Until the weather settles we are staying homes, village flooded for three days last week, with all roads closed, although fortunately only a handful of houses were flooded. Two gales and worries about our chimney stack this week. When disaster strikes. I want to be here when it happens.

A dreadful night.

I understand there were 11 mile tailbacks to cross the Second Severn crossing yesterday afternoon as the old Severn bridge was closed (lorry blew over I think).

A power cut overnight so when we woke up clock said 3.20 but it was actually 7.30 am
The sun is trying to shine now for a couple of minutes amidst the heavy showers.
Stay safe everyone