Good Morning Saturday 10th January 2026

Good morning from a chaotic but no longer stormy Cornwall.

Well, what a time our dear county has had! My eldest son and family have had no power since Thursday evening - it's due to be restored by 8pm tomorrow. They shifted over to the other granny's house because she has light plus a woodburner. Their pets are ok to stay at home except for the bearded dragon who needs warmth. Usually he's in a posh heated tank but is currently coping with a hot water bottle in front of the woodburner. My other son has power in his flat but his ex-partner who is only a mile away from him doesn't, so their son has decamped to his house together with the contents of his mum's freezer. She has a woodburner and loads of candles and is happy to stay put. I have power in my flat thankfully, though the lights keeping flashing, and until I ventured out yesterday I've barely noticed the storm from my sheltered town centre home.

The damage to trees and properties has been truly awful. There's barely a road that hasn't had a tree fall across it and there are chainsaws at work everywhere. My friends have lost roof tiles, and one saw her greenhouse blow away. I passed a car embedded in the lower branches of a tree. So many noble, old trees have fallen but fortunately there's been no loss of life. Poor St Michael's Mount has lost 80% of its trees, that's nearly 100 of them.

Generally (nothing to do with the storm) it's tricky technically now for me to post on Gransnet but I thought it only right to say how it is in Cornwall. Thank you Ashcombe for your kind message yesterday.

Today I'll head for the other coast as I have cabin fever.

Morning Mick, morning All from a cold, icy corner of Somerset

Enjoyed volunteering yesterday morning, Mr C was keen to go out for a coffee in the afternoon so off we went. We came back with a new frying pan and some oven trays to replace some far beyond their best. Not exciting but useful and a tick on the list.

Today is equally unexciting if useful. The car is booked for a spruce up, we’ll return via a supermarket to replace some, not all, of the well beyond use by dates (think 8 years) dried herbs and spices cleared out earlier in the week. I did look at some and wonder ‘why’. Not sure what else. I may begin ancient receipt weeding this afternoon, or catch up with tv that doesn’t interest Mr C as he’s got a date with a never ending jigsaw he’s determined to finish - one day! See how I feel.

Hope the snow clears soon susan, a worrying time for you.

Best wishes to everyone and a hope that Saturday is kind to us all.

Good morning from a calm and fine Torbay with the promise of sunshine.

Yesterday, many schools in Staffordshire were closed but my DD2, as Head of a large primary school in the North of the county, stayed open. She was there early as usual and cleared pathways for safety herself! The school is in Werrington and even made it on to the local BBC News website although the parent mentioned didn’t seem best pleased!!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre2wlleegeo

I hope the weather improves sufficiently for you to visit your Mum, Susan56. It couldn’t have come at a worse time for you.

Have as good a weekend as you can. I’ve started coughing so I guess olddudders has shared his affliction! 🦩💐🙄🥰🦩

Good morning from s somerset, ice today, maybe sunny

Groggy today, I was physically in bed for 8 hours but woke up a couple of times with a very dry mouth and nose, I am going to have to use my humidifier today and tonight

I frogged my jumper yesterday, after trying on with barber cord through all the lower stitches. I have gone down a size, there was ample room and I won`t have to play yarn chicken. I will be catching up today

Have a good day

Good morning from Shropshire.Sleet overnight but hopefully that is the end of it for now.

Thank you for your kind thoughts overnight.Mum has deteriorated but seems to be settled in this new stage if that makes sense.Still too much snow for us to drive safely but hoping that sun later and rain all day tomorrow will mean we can go to see her on Monday.The staff at the home are very good at keeping us updated.

So another day at home.Always something to do and books to read.

Hoping for improvements for all unwell and those struggling with family troubles.

Wishing everyone the best day possible.🦩🌻☃️

Good morning from a dry Bristol.

I got a lift into Spanish yesterday; I didn’t feel like battling the weather - which turned up out “grumpy”, but not wet!

We were only 4 (of 6) as the other two had problems. I have a horrible feeling that the class might just carry on for the next session, but we shall be too few for the next academic year. I’ll be very sad.

The afternoon was quiet until my neighbour popped to tell me he was still around. He is very frail and wisely hasn’t been about much in the frosty weather. I’m very fond of him.

Today, I have coffee and chat in the church. I’m going to persuade our recent widowed neighbour to come with me. He had said that in this new year he would stop ‘hiding”. The poor man arrived in April, his wife died in July. He knows very few people, so it might help to chat to others and socialise a little.

I hope all those struggling have some respite today, that problems resolve them selves and that they have a peaceful weekend; ditto for everyone else. Carpe diem 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩