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Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay

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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii snip blown down,

You say that like it's a bad thing.

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On 12/02/2014 14:39, David Hill wrote:
Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay



Sorry to hear that. Sounds as if you're having a horrendous time of it
one way or another. I hope your wife is feeling better and that her
treatment is helping. Take care both of you.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

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On 12/02/2014 15:10, Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii snip blown down,

You say that like it's a bad thing.




It *is* a bad thing if said tree is part of your wind break!

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

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Spider wrote:
On 12/02/2014 15:10, Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii snip blown down,

You say that like it's a bad thing.




It *is* a bad thing if said tree is part of your wind break!

Being fairly shallow rooted, a fully grown leylandii is not thing to have as
a wind break!

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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:51:16 +0000, Let It Be wrote:

Being fairly shallow rooted, a fully grown leylandii is not thing to
have.

Post corrected.

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"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the Mumbles,
which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92 mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden conifer
next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old camellia
under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down across
the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to say
my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems, kidneys,
INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay


What an one say David?

I hope your wife'scondition improves and a better quality of life ensues.

You've had it rough with the weather which has been very bad recently.
Today is particularly rough and I dare say there will be many trees down in
the Swansea area.

Bill

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"David Hill" wrote

Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.

They do choose their moments to discharge patients.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill
wrote:

Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay

Good wishes to your wife, David.
Good luck to you and your trees, may no more come down.
How are your greenhouses?
My only calamity is a largeish rosemary which has been rocking like
mad (around the clock?) and is now lying on one side. Maybe there's a
bit still attached to the root which I can save, or take a few
cuttings.

Pam in Bristol

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On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay

Sorry to hear about these problems David. Best wishes for your wife's
health, I expect she'll be happy to get back home, anyway.




--
Gardening in Lower Normandy

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On 12/02/2014 15:51, Let It Be wrote:
Spider wrote:
On 12/02/2014 15:10, Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii snip blown down,

You say that like it's a bad thing.




It *is* a bad thing if said tree is part of your wind break!

Being fairly shallow rooted, a fully grown leylandii is not thing to have as
a wind break!




But many people use them for just that. If I had bloomin' acres of
land, I'd probably use the Lombardy Poplar; such an elegant tree.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay

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On 12/02/2014 16:16, Bill Grey wrote:
"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the Mumbles,
which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92 mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden conifer
next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old camellia
under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down across
the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to say
my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems, kidneys,
INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay


What an one say David?

I hope your wife'scondition improves and a better quality of life ensues.

You've had it rough with the weather which has been very bad recently.
Today is particularly rough and I dare say there will be many trees down in
the Swansea area.

Bill


Here at the side of Swansea Bay things have been horendous.
The big Leylandii went, and that was giving a lot of shelter, then with
that gone the golden conifer next to it went,
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps7642e8db.jpg


and with those 2 gone my Ligustrum lucidum developed a distinct lean
(Diagonal Top left to bottom right)
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psa3582e80.jpg
Then it was a caswellian gold leylandii across the front of the shed and
hanging on an electricity line, which fortunately is still OK though
under a lot of tension.

Now I have to remove them carefully to see what I can save from under them
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...pse6cb9bfc.jpg

For those that look down on Leylandii, it's not just evergreens, a
couple of hundred yards down the lane the road is blocked by an oak tree
that has been brought down.

To give an idea of what we had, the Mumbles is down wind of us and we
are 450 ft higher up, these were their readings

At midday the wind was 56mph gusting to 75mph
1 pm it was 55 mph gusting to 92mph
2pm 72 gusting to 91 mph
3pm 60 gusting to 96 mph
4pm 59 gusting to 83 mph
5pm 57 gusting to 78 mph
6pm 56 gusting to 72 mph
7pm 48 but still gusting to 69 mph

now I have days of clearing, and its to wet to burn or even get the
trailer near.
David

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On 12/02/2014 17:28, Emery Davis wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92
mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay

Sorry to hear about these problems David. Best wishes for your wife's
health, I expect she'll be happy to get back home, anyway.


Thanks to everyone for the good wished for the wife, I think we will now
be starting daily trips to Warfarin clinic just to take me away from the
clearing.
Incidentally we here at whole gale to hurricane force for 7 hours, the
only good thing was no rain in that time. The 20+ inches we have had so
far this year have been more than enough and probably did a lot to help
the wind uproot the trees.
David

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Derek Turner wrote:
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:51:16 +0000, Let It Be wrote:

Being fairly shallow rooted, a fully grown leylandii is not thing to
have.


Could you show what you have actually corrected?

Ah I see! Possibly a little bit of subliminal humour from a fellow leylandii
hater?

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"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 12/02/2014 16:16, Bill Grey wrote:
"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles,
which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too 92 mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer
next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old camellia
under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across
the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say
my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys,
INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay


What an one say David?

I hope your wife'scondition improves and a better quality of life ensues.

You've had it rough with the weather which has been very bad recently.
Today is particularly rough and I dare say there will be many trees down
in
the Swansea area.

Bill


Here at the side of Swansea Bay things have been horendous.
The big Leylandii went, and that was giving a lot of shelter, then with
that gone the golden conifer next to it went,
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps7642e8db.jpg

and with those 2 gone my Ligustrum lucidum developed a distinct lean
(Diagonal Top left to bottom right)
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psa3582e80.jpg
Then it was a caswellian gold leylandii across the front of the shed and
hanging on an electricity line, which fortunately is still OK though under
a lot of tension.

Now I have to remove them carefully to see what I can save from under them
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...pse6cb9bfc.jpg

For those that look down on Leylandii, it's not just evergreens, a couple
of hundred yards down the lane the road is blocked by an oak tree that has
been brought down.

To give an idea of what we had, the Mumbles is down wind of us and we are
450 ft higher up, these were their readings

At midday the wind was 56mph gusting to 75mph
1 pm it was 55 mph gusting to 92mph
2pm 72 gusting to 91 mph
3pm 60 gusting to 96 mph
4pm 59 gusting to 83 mph
5pm 57 gusting to 78 mph
6pm 56 gusting to 72 mph 7pm 48 but still gusting to 69 mph

now I have days of clearing, and its to wet to burn or even get the
trailer near.
David

The wind here in Glais was terrific but I couldn't give any strength values,
I just kept my head down.

Good luck


Bill