Possible severe gales on Monday 28th.

[OhYouWickedWickedWitch]

I'm keeping a pretty close eye on developments for Monday. some of the models (in particular gfs) are showing a deep low developing over England, with the majority of the gfs runs taking the worst of the wind over the south.

Massive if. But if the weather were to pan out as those models are suggesting it would be a damaging storm, especially given the trees still being in leaf. I'd keep an eye on the met office early warnings page and if they start warning about it then it would be a good weekend to tidy the garden before you lose your stuff

I'll update as things become clearer.

[digerd]

octopus
The law allows you to prune anything that is hanging onto your property and you don't even need to tell them never mind ask them. They don't have any legal say in the matter.
BUT, is always better for good neighbourly relations for you both to come to an agreement.
DD's neighbour's removed half her tree so is lopsided, but as I said it was stupid of the previous owners to plant a tree, of all things, near the fence and neighbours had the legal right to do it.
They are very good neighbours and he is a policeman. DD is single.

[octopusinastringbag]

Thanks digerd. I have to confess to planting a small tree next to our fence with the nice NDN but they have trees all down their side anyway so I figured they wouldn't see mine - their trees are all around 20-30 feet tall. I'm going to be removing an oak tree though, DS planted an acorn without telling me so I now have a 4 foot high oak tree sneaking up behind a large shrub, I found it when making sure the trellis was secured firmly to the fence and ground. I wonder if we can sneak out and plant it in the adjacent woodland without being noticed?!

[OhAntiChristFENTON]

Lol at the location shifters. I am in Bognor,Aldwick/Pagham actually - much nicer than you would first think - used to date someone who would not say he lived here, it was always 'The City of Chichester' when asked.



Just back from walking the dog on the beach, it's really whipping up already , blowing very definitely from west to east along the coast right now.

Have screwed shed down and filled it with the garden furniture.

A bit worried at the moment that the 10ft bamboo stems are going to whip up in the early hours and harpoon all the neighbours' cars - we live at the end of a close.

[LocalEditorDevon]

Think we need to batten down the hatches here in Devon, the wind is already picking up!

[MrsPeeWee]

We're in Catterick, North Yorkshire and have some pretty strong winds & rain which have developed in the past hour. We wasn't expecting it this far up. The trampoline is lifting a little. Oops!

[honeybeeridiculous]

Where are the hatches, and how do we batten them down?!

[BadRoly]

Afternoon

After a lovely if blowy morning, it is now rainy and the gusts of wind are getting stronger according to my little weather station on top of the shed . 22.8 mph is worst though so far so not too bad. However the pressure is dropping (which I think is a bad thing?).

My chickens are not at all happy though as we've taken the tarp off their run so they're being blown over which I am not laughing at at all. The trampoline is flipped. So we're as ready as we'll ever be!

[toytown]

Am I correct in thinking my husband (and his boss for pushing him) would be stupid/ irresponsible to drive from the north east to London at 6am tomorrow morning!?

[saintlyjimjams]

Where are you Ashley?

[Ours]

Strong gusts now and a spectacular coastal swell here in roscoff where holed up for two extra days due to ferry cancellations.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

I'll update on part 2 :)

[Feelingannoyed]

Where can we find part 2?

[Bunraku]

2nd thread

[ControlCreeeaaak]

Part 2

[Feelingannoyed]

Thanks

[BaconAndAvocado]

We're in East Kent and, according to BBC weather, the worst will be at 2am-ish.

We have lots of HUGE trees by the side of our house so have set up camp in mine and DH's bedroom with 3 mattresses on the floor, on other side of house. 3 DCs all think its very exciting, well, not the 15 yo obviously.

[kiriwAnyFuckerwa]

Us too Bacon. We're sleeping in my room tonight because it's at the front of the house - no trees, no fences, no danger :o

[StrollAlongTheProm]

If anyone is Bournemouth/Poole way please could you pop over here and let us know what the weather is doing:local.mumsnet.com/Talk/local_bournemouth_poole/1894328-Stormy-Weather

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

fixed your link prom.

[LocalEditorColchester]

Psst! Folk of Colchester/Harwich/North Essex way - over here! No Greater Anglia trains running into London before 9am. Updates please on your plans for getting into work/battening down the hatches. Getting blustery over this way already...

[StrollAlongTheProm]

Thanks OYBBK, some hasty copying and pasting going on there!

[edam]

mass train cancellations from midnight to something like 9am across much of the country It's First Capital Connect's website but they say it's Network Rail have told them, and I know from a friend another rail company have done the same.

[Cheesyslice]

Almost all train companies will be running severely reduced services until 9am tomorrow (earliest)

[PinkGlove]

In Cornwall, lots of rain but no strong winds YET ...

For those in the SW, here are some useful numbers in case you need them ...

Western Power (Powercuts) - 0800 365900
Gas Leaks - 0800 111999
South West Water (Burst Water Main) - 0844 3462020
Fallen trees/standing water on the roads:
Devon Highways - 0300 123 5000
Cornwall Control room - 0300 1234222
Dorset Council road problems 0845 0678 999
Somerset County Council 0845 345 9155
Flooding on Somerset levels 0800 9176520 or 01278 435209