Travelled down from Sidcup to Near Dorchester. Wet and windy until Ringwood. Every road closed due to fallen trees towards Dorchester. Got a 4 and 2 year old in the car and I'm driving over branches waiting for next tree to fall.
Keep on seeing the same people stopping in pubs trying to head west.
Gave up and found a pub in Wareham with a room, listening to the wind and thinking thank fuck we are inside. It got very very scary.
Bit stupid heading down in this but probably would have been okay an hour earlier.
Travelled down from Sidcup to Near Dorchester. Wet and windy until Ringwood. Every road closed due to fallen trees towards Dorchester. Got a 4 and 2 year old in the car and I'm driving over branches waiting for next tree to fall.
Keep on seeing the same people stopping in pubs trying to head west.
Gave up and found a pub in Wareham with a room, listening to the wind and thinking thank fuck we are inside. It got very very scary.
Bit stupid heading down in this but probably would have been okay an hour earlier.
Travelled down from Sidcup to Near Dorchester. Wet and windy until Ringwood. Every road closed due to fallen trees towards Dorchester. Got a 4 and 2 year old in the car and I'm driving over branches waiting for next tree to fall.
Keep on seeing the same people stopping in pubs trying to head west.
Gave up and found a pub in Wareham with a room, listening to the wind and thinking thank fuck we are inside. It got very very scary.
Bit stupid heading down in this but probably would have been okay an hour earlier.
Take care guys. It's stupidly windy up here still. As bad/ or nearly as bad, as any night recently.
Have a drink or even breakfast in The Black Bear tomorrow.
On my tiny piece of Cornish hillside, it's finally stopped raining, the clouds parted with a stunning full moon and next door's tree dancing like a whirling dervish.
Went out in the garden lit up by the silvery moonlight, quite exhilarating feeling the energy of gale force winds on your face.
On my tiny piece of Cornish hillside, it's finally stopped raining, the clouds parted with a stunning full moon and next door's tree dancing like a whirling dervish.
Went out in the garden lit up by the silvery moonlight, quite exhilarating feeling the energy of gale force winds on your face.
fecking hippies, this weather is all your lots fault
On my tiny piece of Cornish hillside, it's finally stopped raining, the clouds parted with a stunning full moon and next door's tree dancing like a whirling dervish.
Went out in the garden lit up by the silvery moonlight, quite exhilarating feeling the energy of gale force winds on your face.
You sound like someone about to turn into a werewolf !
In work at the moment blanket 50mph speed restriction on great western .driver just came in from kettering on st pancras line said 50mph maximum speed also might be worth checking those travelling looks set for along day.
If anyone has been to the Naish Holiday Estate in Highcliffe; you may well have dined/walked past the Marine Restaurant in Milford on Sea. Absolutely trashed last night; a tidal surge brought in shingle and rocks etc. Thirty two people had to be rescued. Very very scary.
Been out for a beer in Sidcup. The walk from The Taylors Chalk to the Bus Stop was mental. It must be gusting upwards of 70-80mph. Was difficult to stand at times.
On my tiny piece of Cornish hillside, it's finally stopped raining, the clouds parted with a stunning full moon and next door's tree dancing like a whirling dervish.
Went out in the garden lit up by the silvery moonlight, quite exhilarating feeling the energy of gale force winds on your face.
Had a walk to the top of the road just now. Going to be a lot of people out shopping for a new beach hut on Monday. Such a shame too, people love their huts and they are a home from home for a lot. Loads of kiddies bits and pieces, boogey boards, tables, crockery, furniture, etc, just smashed to pieces and all over the prom at the mo'.
Safely arrived at our destination this morning. Thanks for the concern. Last night was 'different gravy'.
Stayed at the Red Lion in Wareham CE, so got a beer there at about 11. Plus a great breakfast this morning.
Apparently, they had 4 rooms left and they all went about 1030-11 to those who couldn't get West, so we were lucky.
Previously, we had stopped off at a pub called The Silent Women Inn down a flooded road in Wareham Forest that we had been redirected down, only for that road to be closed also due to a fallen tree.
Into the Inn we took the children, Mrs ET was almost hysterical as we couldn't escape from this maelstrom. This wasn't helped by one of the locals saying the tree had fallen into the car and there was a fatality, which I was dubious about. A minute later she said they was nothing to worry about.
The manager was pretty helpful and at one point I was going to ask to sleep in the bar, this was before one of their dogs ran off into the Forest and they all madly followed.
Later, we heard to road was cleared and made a move, those two miles until we made the next A road (which was then shut further along also) was some of the most worried I have been in a car.
Live in Bexley and the wind has taken most of the ridge tiles off my neighbours new roof. Pretty scarey hearing them crash to the ground. Miraculously, they missed the cars at the front and the garden furniture at the back.
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Keep on seeing the same people stopping in pubs trying to head west.
Gave up and found a pub in Wareham with a room, listening to the wind and thinking thank fuck we are inside. It got very very scary.
Bit stupid heading down in this but probably would have been okay an hour earlier.
Have a drink or even breakfast in The Black Bear tomorrow.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/30/30391/Black_Bear_Hotel/Wareham
On my tiny piece of Cornish hillside, it's finally stopped raining, the clouds parted with a stunning full moon and next door's tree dancing like a whirling dervish.
Went out in the garden lit up by the silvery moonlight, quite exhilarating feeling the energy of gale force winds on your face.
First time I've had to sit with a book and a candle in years.
fecking hippies, this weather is all your lots fault
Team coach left here about 6.45 this morning. Could be a rough journey.
Absolutely trashed last night; a tidal surge brought in shingle and rocks etc. Thirty two people had to be rescued. Very very scary.
Stayed at the Red Lion in Wareham CE, so got a beer there at about 11. Plus a great breakfast this morning.
Apparently, they had 4 rooms left and they all went about 1030-11 to those who couldn't get West, so we were lucky.
Previously, we had stopped off at a pub called The Silent Women Inn down a flooded road in Wareham Forest that we had been redirected down, only for that road to be closed also due to a fallen tree.
Into the Inn we took the children, Mrs ET was almost hysterical as we couldn't escape from this maelstrom. This wasn't helped by one of the locals saying the tree had fallen into the car and there was a fatality, which I was dubious about. A minute later she said they was nothing to worry about.
The manager was pretty helpful and at one point I was going to ask to sleep in the bar, this was before one of their dogs ran off into the Forest and they all madly followed.
Later, we heard to road was cleared and made a move, those two miles until we made the next A road (which was then shut further along also) was some of the most worried I have been in a car.
Eventful.
PS Surprised they let you in The Silent Women. Not much chance of that :-)