Sacha wrote:
One 100 + year old Macrocarpa about 30 of Ray's paces (he's over 6' tall)
from the churchyard onto our adjoining path, missing the power lines by
inches and one 12 year old Scots pine of about 30 feet on the corner of our
front drive, missing the wall by inches. It's supposed to be abating but I
wish it would get on with it.

It's very strong, and worrying a bit, here in Manc. Early on, in our
car, we were passed on the road by a tumbling xmas tree! My son just
sent me a picture of our front garden - 2 panels of the fence are in
bits, one ended up in the neighbours garden and he says branches, some
as huge as logs are falling all around the house - tiles and debris
flying everywhere as I speak from the centre of manc (5th floor). It's
not calming down at all. In my son's school, a tree fell in the carpark
and totally obliterated a car and the park opposite (Alexandra Park)
had 3 trees uprooted. Kids went to investigate and I heard a bit of
disapointment in my youngest voice when he said nobody got hurt ...

Cats have totally gone bizerk.