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[egg]

I locked mine in the shed #prepared, lol.

[Bren]

It's that windy here it blown the locks off the gas meter. And it's blown all the fifty pence pieces away.

[Angrydicky]

@Zelandeth welder and oil in the sitting room I see! Living the dream!

[richardmorris]

The sheep have run for cover now, and my Belfast Ceramic Sink housing a rosemary plant has blow over, no mean feat as it’s probably 50kg!

[richardmorris]

17 minutes ago, trigger said:

No thankfully, but it did mean that i had to go outside and get wet to recover it.

My mum said that their next door neighbours keter bin sized storage box blew out of the drive and into the main road. She saw it walking back from church this morning and driver’s were just swerving around it (30 limit) but none stopped to move it. So she, a 4ft10 75yr old grandmother dragged it onto the pavement. And still no one stopped to help. 

[Zelandeth]

12 minutes ago, Angrydicky said:

@Zelandeth welder and oil in the sitting room I see! Living the dream!

This room is sort of a second lounge, and being a dead end at the very back of the house it tends to inevitably be the room where all miscellanea accumulates.  It's a bloody tip to be honest and needs clearing from top to bottom.

It also contains a comfy chair and my stereo which as far as I'm concerned are the important things!

[High Jetter]

Is there a catering service whilst you're trapped in there?

[meggersdog]

Bin collection day is Tuesday but the noisy twats nextdoor have left their green bin out. It was on it's side in the middle of the road half an hour ago. Most of the their rubbish has been recycled in to my front garden............Twats.

[trigger]

My neighbours wheelie bins gone over now and all their rubbish is now on my door step. ?? 

[rickvw72]

Busy weekend here smashing up a Bora for parts.

Anyone need anything? It’s off to be a coffee table on Saturday.

[Floatylight]

Busy weekend here smashing up a Bora for parts.
Anyone need anything? It’s off to be a coffee table on Saturday.

Ooohhh! Have you got the stereo/CD player and code?

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[dean36014]

And then there was two!

Original plans have changed as it's definitely not a breaker. Drove great down the flooded roads getting battered by the high winds. The roof rack sang nicely. A very quick inspection reveals solid floors and sills. Although something has definitely died in there judging by the smell. While searching for temporary insurance I found a great app called Cuvva. 3 hours insurance for nine quid!

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Bugger... a bit blew off!! 

Have you found it?

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

And then there was two!

Original plans have changed as it's definitely not a breaker. Drove great down the flooded roads getting battered by the high winds. The roof rack sang nicely. A very quick inspection reveals solid floors and sills. Although something has definitely died in there judging by the smell. While searching for temporary insurance I found a great app called Cuvva. 3 hours insurance for nine quid!

Congratulations, it’s twins!

[egg]

10 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

I found a great app called Cuvva

Always tells me my cars (or prospective cars) are too old...!

[Zelandeth]

Gotta love a C15.  They're such charming (and bloody useful) things.

Just found a bit of further damage.  The flashing on the return above the front door has been peeled like a can of ham.

The rot in the ends of the beam (the weight is thankfully fully supported a couple of feet further up and the rot is relatively localised - and mainly because the previous owners never bloody maintained anything).  Will need to get up there once the wind drops to bash it back into shape.

Oh...and clear the drain again judging from the greenery.  I emptied that damned drain just before Halloween!

Edit: Oh...and the RCD just tripped.  Yay!

[dean36014]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

Always tells me my cars (or prospective cars) are too old...!

Yep twenty year old age limit.

[jumpingjehovahs]

Walking out the flat today to brave Storm Ciara to go up the Aldi, I noticed one of these in the car park. I know they have a bit of a fussy design, but I think in brown it looks great!


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[xtriple]

windy and wet here but it's Torquay so no change!  Just God has turned the volume up a bit. Chester has only just gone out, he really doesn't like the rain and when its flying straight at him, he likes it even less!

To be fair, he's not alone. I'm not a fan of flying wheely bins and bits of tree/fence trying to take my head off while walking the dog!

[richardmorris]

Who’d have thought a £160,000 Maserati was no good in water?

[M'coli]

^^^^

A couple of brave* lads make it through flood water in North Yorkshire in a Peugeot 106:

*"turbo-nutter", "reckless",  and "mental" are all suitable synonyms, butthey do it with panache, so "gallus" is the best one!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2716191095167070&id=306728236113380

[Jamie]

Local to me 

[Fumbler]

Now that the storms have passed its now the turn of the rain. I have never seen everything so drenched outside! Had to unblock every drain, the road is pouring into the culvert outside. The garden is now a river and even the greenhouse at the top of the garden is flooding!

[SiC]

Neighbours fence blew down, thankfully falling their side into their conservatory! I much prefer that than blowing and falling onto my Dolomite. 

Driving along the M5 when the worst hit at 2pm. Quite an interesting experience driving over the Avonmouth M5 bridge with such strong winds...

The Michelin CrossClimates paid themselves off though. Driving along with a lot of surface water without too much issue. Only sketchy bit was hitting big puddles at 50mph. Still carried along, just a bit of a steering wheel battle to keep it straight. 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Didn't know you had an Escort @Zelandeth do tell of its specifications

[Zelandeth]

29 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Didn't know you had an Escort @Zelandeth do tell of its specifications

Original to the house.  Nothing exciting really just a bog standard 2x8W switch-start.  Used to be one over the garage too though it was replaced between 1983 and 1986 with the Wedge that's still there that five and a half years on I still haven't made a replacement bowl for...

Last weather related annoyance for the day (hopefully!)...Despite me bungeeing it to the (concrete) fence post, the wind had managed to knock over our garden waste bin.  Which was full to bursting of grass clippings...which are now distributing themselves over the entire neighborhood.  I'll be popular in the morning.  I sadly the wind was stronger than the bungees.

[Angrydicky]

3 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Gotta love a C15.  They're such charming (and bloody useful) things.

Just found a bit of further damage.  The flashing on the return above the front door has been peeled like a can of ham.

The rot in the ends of the beam (the weight is thankfully fully supported a couple of feet further up and the rot is relatively localised - and mainly because the previous owners never bloody maintained anything).  Will need to get up there once the wind drops to bash it back into shape.

Oh...and clear the drain again judging from the greenery.  I emptied that damned drain just before Halloween!

Edit: Oh...and the RCD just tripped.  Yay!

That’s a very unusual and interesting looking house you’ve got there. Looks more like a church from that angle!

[Broadsword]

I saw a Defender on the side of the M18 yesterday broken down with a trailer. It looked very much like the Landie had snapped in half. Saw it 2 hours later from the other side of the motorway still stuck there with the nose very much pointing in the air. I knew chassis rot was a massive thing on them, but can they literally break their back like that?

[Lord Sterling]

5 hours ago, trigger said:

My brown wheelie bin has gone over, it's a disaster!

#WEWILLREBUILD

[New POD]

Some of this water is on the inside.