Very windy in Cheshire. Didn't sleep much last night and was expecting to get up to damage, but everything looks intact apart from swing chair over and a cover on a BBQ that I'm sure was last seen heading over Manchester!
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Not as bad as Velux windows - we've got quite a few and the rain crashes down on them. That's what kept me awake last night.
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Not as bad as Velux windows - we've got quite a few and the rain crashes down on them. That's what kept me awake last night.
ah, it might be that then! We've got 4 of them in our room and 2 on the ensuite. Brilliant during the summer when its warm, not so in the winter!
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think it’s the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Hence why I was up at ‘should be sound asleep o’clock’ typing away on here! Internet just come back, it’s still blowing a hoolie but nowhere near what it was like last night. Scariest one I’ve ever witnessed. Thankfully all ok, just a loose roof tile and absolutely everything is covered in salt. Can’t see a thing out of the sunroom patio doors 😳
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Not as bad as Velux windows - we've got quite a few and the rain crashes down on them. That's what kept me awake last night.
My BIL in Scotland has lost power, they were heading down to the local village where the school has it's own generator, however couldn't get there due to fallen trees on the road.
Lying in bed last night listening to the shipping forecast. I was amazed how many sea areas round Ireland were being forecast hurricane force winds, so glad to hear in from Lifers in affected areas in both Ireland and the UK that they are OK.
I hope those who have lost their electricity, internet, etc are reconnected soon.
I was awake from 3-6am in SE London due to the wind and rain. Didn’t think we were due to be impacted here.
The rain and trees were blowing horizontal for most of that, the number of times I got out of bed to look out the windows.
Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Sounds like quite a project.
It’s made me nosey (sorry!) did you go the whole hog and have a former house demolished to start afresh?
I ask because I had a former boss who was an advocate of the self build thing and bought in Sussex a bungalow to demolish and start again to his own spec. He was adamant he would do it again if the situation cropped up in later life.
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Top tip, never have a bedroom with a gable roof. Think its the worst decision we made when we had our house rebuilt. Looks fab but practically, when it rains it sounds like there is a pneumatic drill on the bloody ceiling!
Not as bad as Velux windows - we've got quite a few and the rain crashes down on them. That's what kept me awake last night.
it was only when I stood outside that wind starting howling up my alley too.
Internet just come back, it’s still blowing a hoolie but nowhere near what it was like last night. Scariest one I’ve ever witnessed. Thankfully all ok, just a loose roof tile and absolutely everything is covered in salt. Can’t see a thing out of the sunroom patio doors 😳
We were lucky, just lost internet but that’s nothing.
Will be supping a nice cold pint within the next 30 minutes!
Slainte!
I hope those who have lost their electricity, internet, etc are reconnected soon.