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Good luck riding the storm guys.
Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol |
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On 27/10/2013 15:18, Pam Moore wrote:
Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I didn't know that Jim Morrison had anything to do with Mastermind. ;-) -- Jeff |
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"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks Tina in Leics |
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"Pam Moore" wrote ...
Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. If it's as bad as 87 there won't be any old trees left in the south. We have tried to peg down our chilli cloches on the allotment and make sure nothing can blow about but I have no doubt there will be damage, it was our house roof last time that lost a ridge tile. Even more glad I had the big Robinia down in the front garden. Stay safe, stay indoors away from flying objects. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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Bob Hobden wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. If it's as bad as 87 there won't be any old trees left in the south. We have tried to peg down our chilli cloches on the allotment and make sure nothing can blow about but I have no doubt there will be damage, it was our house roof last time that lost a ridge tile. Even more glad I had the big Robinia down in the front garden. Actually, in 1987, the old trees survived better than the younger ones - see Rackham on that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 27/10/13 16:21, Christina Websell wrote:
"Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks I suspect the Met Office is suffering from a phobia of "another Michael Fish moment", or is trying to get politicians to realise that we do need to continue funding them. For most places it isn't going to be anywhere near as bad as they were thinking it /might possibly/ be a few days ago. South coast will get it in the neck though. Have a look at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MOD ELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=uv10&HH=0&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO= - select "surface wind" or "preciptation" - select the time for which you want to see a forecast And if you really want to have "fun", change the "Base Su 12,GMT" to "Base Th 12,GMT", to see what they were predicting last Thursday. |
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On 27/10/2013 17:56, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 27/10/13 16:21, Christina Websell wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks I suspect the Met Office is suffering from a phobia of "another Michael Fish moment", or is trying to get politicians to realise that we do need to continue funding them. For most places it isn't going to be anywhere near as bad as they were thinking it /might possibly/ be a few days ago. South coast will get it in the neck though. Have a look at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MOD ELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=uv10&HH=0&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO= - select "surface wind" or "preciptation" - select the time for which you want to see a forecast And if you really want to have "fun", change the "Base Su 12,GMT" to "Base Th 12,GMT", to see what they were predicting last Thursday. Or look at what they're predicting for next weekend. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 27/10/13 18:20, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
Or look at what they're predicting for next weekend. That does look more entertaining, at sea at least. But then anybody that believes in the /specific/ accuracy of forecasts more than 5 days away is a candidate to buy the Brooklyn Bridge! |
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In message , Pam Moore
writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... On 27/10/13 16:21, Christina Websell wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks I suspect the Met Office is suffering from a phobia of "another Michael Fish moment", or is trying to get politicians to realise that we do need to continue funding them. For most places it isn't going to be anywhere near as bad as they were thinking it /might possibly/ be a few days ago. South coast will get it in the neck though. Have a look at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MOD ELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=uv10&HH=0&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO= - select "surface wind" or "preciptation" - select the time for which you want to see a forecast And if you really want to have "fun", change the "Base Su 12,GMT" to "Base Th 12,GMT", to see what they were predicting last Thursday. I'll tell you in two days time whether I needed to worry about a hurricane which I'll get tonight. |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... On 27/10/13 16:21, Christina Websell wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks I suspect the Met Office is suffering from a phobia of "another Michael Fish moment", or is trying to get politicians to realise that we do need to continue funding them. For most places it isn't going to be anywhere near as bad as they were thinking it /might possibly/ be a few days ago. South coast will get it in the neck though. Have a look at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MOD ELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=uv10&HH=0&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO= - select "surface wind" or "preciptation" - select the time for which you want to see a forecast And if you really want to have "fun", change the "Base Su 12,GMT" to "Base Th 12,GMT", to see what they were predicting last Thursday. I'll let you know what happens about our hurricane tomorrow, it is coming overnight, allegedly. I've done as much as I can to make us all safe. Tina |
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On 27/10/13 18:51, Christina Websell wrote:
"Tom Gardner" wrote in message ... On 27/10/13 16:21, Christina Websell wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote in message ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol I've done as much as I can to batten down the hatches. Last time there were winds of this predicted force I had a tree down in my garden. The wind has been strengthening all day, I thought it would so I put my washing machine on overnight, pegged the clothes out this a.m. and have got all them all dry :-) I'm expecting some damage if it materialises, let's hope it won't be as bad as forecast. Stay safe, folks I suspect the Met Office is suffering from a phobia of "another Michael Fish moment", or is trying to get politicians to realise that we do need to continue funding them. For most places it isn't going to be anywhere near as bad as they were thinking it /might possibly/ be a few days ago. South coast will get it in the neck though. Have a look at http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MOD ELL=gfs&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=uv10&HH=0&ARCHIV=0&ZOOM=0&PERIOD=&WMO= - select "surface wind" or "preciptation" - select the time for which you want to see a forecast And if you really want to have "fun", change the "Base Su 12,GMT" to "Base Th 12,GMT", to see what they were predicting last Thursday. I'll tell you in two days time whether I needed to worry about a hurricane which I'll get tonight. Both the GFS model and the MetOffice model indicate that in Leicester the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. |
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On 27/10/2013 18:25, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 27/10/13 18:20, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: Or look at what they're predicting for next weekend. That does look more entertaining, at sea at least. But then anybody that believes in the /specific/ accuracy of forecasts more than 5 days away is a candidate to buy the Brooklyn Bridge! Is it for sale again? |
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"Tom Gardner" wrote in message news:wPdbu.30264 the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. Maybe you were here where the wind got up today to 60-? We have a warning about we are going to get high winds and you might be lucky if you don't. |
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On 27/10/2013 19:57, Christina Websell wrote:
"Tom Gardner" wrote in message news:wPdbu.30264 the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. Maybe you were here where the wind got up today to 60-? We have a warning about we are going to get high winds and you might be lucky if you don't. Well here around Swansea Bay the wind at the Mumbles gusted to 59mph or over for 7 hours, with a base speed of 40mph and over for 11 hours. David |
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On 27/10/13 20:19, David Hill wrote:
On 27/10/2013 19:57, Christina Websell wrote: "Tom Gardner" wrote in message news:wPdbu.30264 the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. Maybe you were here where the wind got up today to 60-? We have a warning about we are going to get high winds and you might be lucky if you don't. Well here around Swansea Bay the wind at the Mumbles gusted to 59mph or over for 7 hours, with a base speed of 40mph and over for 11 hours. David That doesn't surprise me: somewhere 100ft up on the coast is always going to see more than the 30ft forecast inland. |
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On 27/10/13 19:57, Christina Websell wrote:
"Tom Gardner" wrote in message news:wPdbu.30264 the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. Maybe you were here where the wind got up today to 60-? Coleshill had 15 gusting to 35-40 Nottingham had 20-25 gusting to 40-45 We have a warning about we are going to get high winds and you might be lucky if you don't. So did we in Bristol, to the extent my mother was /very/ worried. The forecast was pretty much right on, 20-25 gusting to 40. In other words, nothing exceptional and certainly nothing to worry about. /Certainly/ not a "hurricane" (i.e. 75+)! |
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On 2013-10-27 19:47:17 +0000, David Hill said:
On 27/10/2013 18:25, Tom Gardner wrote: On 27/10/13 18:20, Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: Or look at what they're predicting for next weekend. That does look more entertaining, at sea at least. But then anybody that believes in the /specific/ accuracy of forecasts more than 5 days away is a candidate to buy the Brooklyn Bridge! Is it for sale again? It is, always! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-10-27 18:26:43 +0000, David Rance said:
In message , Pam Moore writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. David You might want to check that, David. A lot of ferries have been cancelled. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-10-27 21:37:15 +0000, Chris Hogg said:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:18:13 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol At 21.30, it looks as if it's going to go south of the UK, heading into Brittany, unless it suddenly swings north. Stair rods rain here, like a tap left running. The wind was non-existent but there's just the faintest sound of it starting up. Nothing dramatic though. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote ... Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. If it's as bad as 87 there won't be any old trees left in the south. We have tried to peg down our chilli cloches on the allotment and make sure nothing can blow about but I have no doubt there will be damage, it was our house roof last time that lost a ridge tile. Even more glad I had the big Robinia down in the front garden. Actually, in 1987, the old trees survived better than the younger ones - see Rackham on that. Sevenoaks lost 6 of theirs. :-) -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On 27/10/2013 20:37, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 27/10/13 20:19, David Hill wrote: On 27/10/2013 19:57, Christina Websell wrote: "Tom Gardner" wrote in message news:wPdbu.30264 the winds will be 18-21mph mean, gusting to 36-38mph. Hurricane is 75mph mean and above. Of course, local conditions may be different, but that's /always/ the case. Maybe you were here where the wind got up today to 60-? We have a warning about we are going to get high winds and you might be lucky if you don't. Well here around Swansea Bay the wind at the Mumbles gusted to 59mph or over for 7 hours, with a base speed of 40mph and over for 11 hours. David That doesn't surprise me: somewhere 100ft up on the coast is always going to see more than the 30ft forecast inland. Yes? But we are over 300ft above the Mumbles where those figures are from so chances are we had more than the figures I quoted. |
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:47:40 +0000, Sacha
wrote: On 2013-10-27 21:37:15 +0000, Chris Hogg said: On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:18:13 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol At 21.30, it looks as if it's going to go south of the UK, heading into Brittany, unless it suddenly swings north. Stair rods rain here, like a tap left running. The wind was non-existent but there's just the faintest sound of it starting up. Nothing dramatic though. It is getting a bit windy up here now. We are more than 200 feet higher than Berry Head where 106 kph gusts have just been recorded. Not going to bed just yet, the noise of bits of tree hitting the windows would keep me awake so settling down with a book for a while. -- rbel |
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writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. You might want to check that, David. A lot of ferries have been cancelled. Thankfully (I think!) our sailing is ok. The two ferries on our route, the Normandie and the Mont Saint Michel, both arrived at their respective ports on time last night. The Portsmouth to St. Malo crossing was late this morning but it seems that it sheltered in the lee of the Cotentin for a time. Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. During the night we had some pretty strong gusts. It's quieter this morning and sunny. No damage to speak of, just dead branches off our trees. There was an electricity outage during the night but I don't know how long for - probably only momentary. But further to the west there are areas without power so we were lucky. Saw the BBC news this morning and it seems that the West Country has also had widespread power outages. David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:30:54 +0000, rbel wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:47:40 +0000, Sacha wrote: Stair rods rain here, like a tap left running. The wind was non-existent but there's just the faintest sound of it starting up. Nothing dramatic though. It is getting a bit windy up here now. We are more than 200 feet higher than Berry Head where 106 kph gusts have just been recorded. Not going to bed just yet, the noise of bits of tree hitting the windows would keep me awake so settling down with a book for a while. It really was not that bad. A substantial branch down on the rear lawn and small debris covering all the south and west elevations of the building. Flooded frontage where piles of leaves swamped the surface water drains. No tiles appear to have moved this time. One tree down at the end of the close and another at the bottom of the hill but the gusts were not as high as forecast - around 100 kph recorded at Berry Head at midnight and then 1, 2 and 4 am. -- rbel |
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On 28/10/2013 08:20, David Rance wrote:
Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. Isn't that up and down and from side to side? |
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writes On 28/10/2013 08:20, David Rance wrote: Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. Isn't that up and down and from side to side? No, but I agree that that would be very useful! David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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On 2013-10-28 08:20:39 +0000, David Rance said:
In message , Sacha writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. You might want to check that, David. A lot of ferries have been cancelled. Thankfully (I think!) our sailing is ok. The two ferries on our route, the Normandie and the Mont Saint Michel, both arrived at their respective ports on time last night. The Portsmouth to St. Malo crossing was late this morning but it seems that it sheltered in the lee of the Cotentin for a time. Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. During the night we had some pretty strong gusts. It's quieter this morning and sunny. No damage to speak of, just dead branches off our trees. There was an electricity outage during the night but I don't know how long for - probably only momentary. But further to the west there are areas without power so we were lucky. Saw the BBC news this morning and it seems that the West Country has also had widespread power outages. David Breakfast news yesterday said that 6000 homes were affected. We weren't one of them for which we were very thankful as the outage started at midnight and was still being repaired at around 8am. The only difference we noticed was that our papers were delivered a bit later than usual! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On 2013-10-28 21:09:10 +0000, Martin said:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:47:40 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-10-27 21:37:15 +0000, Chris Hogg said: On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:18:13 +0000, Pam Moore wrote: Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. Pam in Bristol At 21.30, it looks as if it's going to go south of the UK, heading into Brittany, unless it suddenly swings north. Stair rods rain here, like a tap left running. The wind was non-existent but there's just the faintest sound of it starting up. Nothing dramatic though. The evil gnome strikes again http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/i...ut+%282%29.JPG Oh dear! A girl in Kent was killed when a leylandii fell onto her caravan and her poor mother could hear her calling out but her voice faded and she died. It must have been the most appalling experience for both of them. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-28 08:20:39 +0000, David Rance said: In message , Sacha writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. You might want to check that, David. A lot of ferries have been cancelled. Thankfully (I think!) our sailing is ok. The two ferries on our route, the Normandie and the Mont Saint Michel, both arrived at their respective ports on time last night. The Portsmouth to St. Malo crossing was late this morning but it seems that it sheltered in the lee of the Cotentin for a time. Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. During the night we had some pretty strong gusts. It's quieter this morning and sunny. No damage to speak of, just dead branches off our trees. There was an electricity outage during the night but I don't know how long for - probably only momentary. But further to the west there are areas without power so we were lucky. Saw the BBC news this morning and it seems that the West Country has also had widespread power outages. David Breakfast news yesterday said that 6000 homes were affected. We weren't one of them for which we were very thankful as the outage started at midnight and was still being repaired at around 8am. The only difference we noticed was that our papers were delivered a bit later than usual! Well, as you can see from the sig, we got back to Reading safely. The crossing was a bit bumpy but nothing worse than we have experienced on a number of occasions in the past. And, as we approached Portsmouth at around 7 p.m. yesterday evening, the wind had dropped almost completely. The ferry was packed as Brittany Ferries had cancelled a sailing (a fastcat) from Cherbourg and we had all their passengers as well. Heard on the news this morning that parts of the outskirts of Reading were without power but they didn't specify where. Wasn't us! David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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On 2013-10-29 11:51:27 +0000, David Rance said:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 sacha wrote: On 2013-10-28 08:20:39 +0000, David Rance said: In message , Sacha writes Good luck riding the storm guys. Hope there are no calamities where you are. The title of the Mastermind theme-tune seems appropriate. We're returning from France tomorrow afternoon (Caen/Portsmouth). Hopefully things will have died down a bit by then. You might want to check that, David. A lot of ferries have been cancelled. Thankfully (I think!) our sailing is ok. The two ferries on our route, the Normandie and the Mont Saint Michel, both arrived at their respective ports on time last night. The Portsmouth to St. Malo crossing was late this morning but it seems that it sheltered in the lee of the Cotentin for a time. Brittany Ferries have a page on their web site where you can track the movements of the ships. During the night we had some pretty strong gusts. It's quieter this morning and sunny. No damage to speak of, just dead branches off our trees. There was an electricity outage during the night but I don't know how long for - probably only momentary. But further to the west there are areas without power so we were lucky. Saw the BBC news this morning and it seems that the West Country has also had widespread power outages. David Breakfast news yesterday said that 6000 homes were affected. We weren't one of them for which we were very thankful as the outage started at midnight and was still being repaired at around 8am. The only difference we noticed was that our papers were delivered a bit later than usual! Well, as you can see from the sig, we got back to Reading safely. The crossing was a bit bumpy but nothing worse than we have experienced on a number of occasions in the past. And, as we approached Portsmouth at around 7 p.m. yesterday evening, the wind had dropped almost completely. The ferry was packed as Brittany Ferries had cancelled a sailing (a fastcat) from Cherbourg and we had all their passengers as well. Heard on the news this morning that parts of the outskirts of Reading were without power but they didn't specify where. Wasn't us! David Glad to hear you're safely - and comfortably - back on dry land! The cats won't go if it's lumpy because they just can't handle it. The sun is out here, there's a gentle breeze and it's a really lovely day! Matthew has gone sailing but probably only within the length of the Dart! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-10-29 14:25:19 +0000, Martin said:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:04:38 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-10-29 11:51:27 +0000, David Rance said: snip Well, as you can see from the sig, we got back to Reading safely. The crossing was a bit bumpy but nothing worse than we have experienced on a number of occasions in the past. And, as we approached Portsmouth at around 7 p.m. yesterday evening, the wind had dropped almost completely. The ferry was packed as Brittany Ferries had cancelled a sailing (a fastcat) from Cherbourg and we had all their passengers as well. Heard on the news this morning that parts of the outskirts of Reading were without power but they didn't specify where. Wasn't us! David Glad to hear you're safely - and comfortably - back on dry land! The cats won't go if it's lumpy because they just can't handle it. The wave height limit on Harwich Hoek High Speed Catamaran Endeavour ferry was 4 or 5 metres. It was more than that on the North Sea far too often, so they transferred it to the Irish Sea. That was the end of us being able to take our car to England in 3.5 hours. The catamaran ferry from Ostend to Ramsgate was stopped for the same reason. Endeavour had bits of GRP knocked off by large waves. It also lost two cars and a large truck carrying tonnes of fish and the cargo door, when Endeavour accelerated at the start of a crossing. Somebody didn't chain down the truck and the driver left the truck in neutral with the hand brake off. There were fish washed up on beaches. Endeavour uses diesel engines to leave port and switches to gas turbine engines for the crossing. The sun is out here, there's a gentle breeze and it's a really lovely day! Matthew has gone sailing but probably only within the length of the Dart! The cats from Poole/Weymouth to the CIs run all summer, except in very rough weather but they stop in winter. Then it's the long 8 hours to Portsmouth. We tend to avoid that one! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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