Well for now it looks as if the worst of the wind is over.
Here at the side of Swansea Bay we had 26 hours with the wind gusting to
60 mph or more, of that 18 hours were gusting to over 70mph, but with
that came just 0.6 inches of rain so I suppose we were lucky, though
there is water running everywhere.
Here everything is still standing, just the ground littered with twigs;
mostly dead wood; that the gale removed, and my first daffs are still
upright, I checked the variety and they are Rijnveld's early sensation,
and are about 3 weeks ahead of the next earliest.
The first Camellia buds are just showing signs of red but a time away
from flowering.
Hope everyone else got away lightly.
David