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Hi HK...messy old business but better safe than sorry...here chick chick-chickens :)

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Stephen wrote:
Hope this helps

Unfortunately size 13 is the largest they do.

http://www.surfdome.com/Wellington_Boot ... tAod-yIAAw


Thanks for the link Stephen...unfortunately it doesn’t show any white wellies as I find these much better for sneaking up on them from behind...but the least said about that the better :lol:

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honey and lemon should sort that out...... :thumbup: :wave:
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BBC Local SW News said it was 75mph in Yeovil during the early hours, we are a good distance from there but the howlin whistlin wind sure woke us up ... feller down the road seems to have had several fence posts snap off but all is quiet and sunny as I write this ' post '.
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Here in Kent the worst was about 6.30, but things soon died down after that.

The people over the road had a fence down and there were a lot of twigs and small branches down on the roads, but apart from that there doesn't seem to be much damage around here.

When we opened the curtains this morning, there was a confused looking pheasant on the lawn. We hoped it'd fly off when the winds dropped, but it kept wandering round, and kept waiting by the patio door, and trying to get in the house. In the end I had to go out and chase it off - it did fly ok, so wasn't hurt
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The quiet and sunny spell is over ... it's raining now :lol:
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it's quiet and sunny here now!
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HK phooey wrote:
kaymar wrote:
Sorry to hear of your problems darn sarf, especially H.K. and friends on the IOW. Hope the hens don't get blown away.

Here in the Irish Sea we have blue skies, sunshine and a gentle breeze.
Thank you Kaymar. The house is still standing , the huge crash about 3am was the table tennis table falling over, scared the life out of myself and the dog! The hens were taken indoors and spent the night in the utility area, I had no idea that 2 small chooks contained so much pooh :shock:

They probably got a glimpse of the oven an panicked :D

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Just heard from our son, tiles from his neighbours roof fell on his wife's car causing dents, it is going into garage Thursday to get sorted. They are in the process of getting new car, and have received a quote from dealer for this car, so could affect trade in price..

Still it looks as though he could have some work from the gales, already his business partner, has received a call from a developer they do a lot of work for, that fencing and hoardings round an industrial estate he owns, had all been blown down.

Our daughter has been out, has seen the collapsed helter-skelter on the pier, also said loads of trees down, one persons garage roof blown off, and an 8ft trampoline had blown into a street.

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A quiet night here in Shropshire - I don't think it made it this far.
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Like Shropshire I think we were extremely lucky that it didn't reach the East Midlands Angela, all very calm out so hopefully it has disappeared, at least from our shores although I wouldn't wish it on anyone :D :D
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One tile broken into several bits but a neighbor who recently had there roof renewed gave me a couple spare tiles so managed to do the job myself was scary up the ladder but I managed it.
Garden now full of leaves so that's the next job
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Ment to say it pouring down and a bit breezy
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Rather you than me, HAB, I don't do heights. Well done for getting it fixed.
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I was rather proud of myself I had to cut the tile to make it fit it was the last tile
I could feel the ladder bouncing but I made sure it could not move
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Landed back at Heathrow from San Francisco at lunchtime today, fortunately without any problems :)


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Was not bad at all here. Bit breezy and raining last night, rain this morning, but nothing to write home about (as they say), and it has been fine and sunny from mid morning and all afternoon. Raining a bit now though. We have had no storm at all here in sunny Bridlington.

So sorry for all those who have had damage from these storms. Hope you can soon get back to normal.

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Silver_Shiney wrote:
Rather you than me, HAB, I don't do heights. Well done for getting it fixed.
Me too! Unless it's a bungalow, you won't see me anywhere near the roof !

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qbman1 wrote:
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Rather you than me, HAB, I don't do heights. Well done for getting it fixed.
Me too! Unless it's a bungalow, you won't see me anywhere near the roof !

I couldn't even do that when we lost a bungalow tile. Got as far as the gutter and had to turn back!
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Here's the latest on the devastation in Herefordshire:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/9-sho ... he-st-jude

Hope this is a link - if not just copy and paste...

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gouty-man wrote:
Here's the latest on the devastation in Herefordshire:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/9-sho ... he-st-jude

Hope this is a link - if not just copy and paste...

I see we think on the same wave length gouty-man :D

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Show that to the families of people who lost their lives, and see if they agree. :thumbdown: :(

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However one surfer got the ride of his life from St Jude ... see here

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gouty-man wrote:
Here's the latest on the devastation in Herefordshire:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/9-sho ... he-st-jude

Hope this is a link - if not just copy and paste...

.........and even that is significantly more than happened here. Almost a flat calm actually.

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Kendhni wrote:
However one surfer got the ride of his life from St Jude ... see here


A little on the high side wasn't it.

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