On 2009-10-06 09:15:44 +0100, Gopher said:

In message , Martin
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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:18:47 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2009-10-04 13:00:06 +0100, Martin said:

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +0100, K wrote:

Chris S writes


Very windy all day up ere in Aberdeen. Soil blown off fields, branches down
etc. Ruined me sweet peas :-(

Windy in Leeds. Large branch off a horse chestnut in the park opposite.
Reports of other trees down here and there, but nothing major (I speak
as one who slept through the storm of 1987 and woke to find our car
penned in by two poplar trees, and at least another 20 trees down along
the short road we lived in).

Brugmansias look unhappy - don't know whether it is pure mechanical
damage or the drying effect of a day of wind.

I'm just about to go out and collect the windfall mulberries and apples
... I expect to be some time ...

It is just normal windy in Sheffield. Yesterday afternoon was really wild.
At one point the sky was full of black plastic bin liners.

Totally calm here but overcast - still no rain, though. It's been weeks.....

There were only a few rain drops in Sheffield yesterday, no rain today

Well it has certainly made up for the recent lack of rain in the last
24 hours here in West Dorset. And the forecast is for it to continue
for at least the next 24. So, quite soon the soil 2 ins down should
cease to resemble concrete!

Rain here yesterday and today but very fine stuff. We have a long way
to go before it really soaks in and does a lot of good.
--
Sacha