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Flying Coal Bunkers!
Websailor Started conversation Mar 21, 2004
Well, yesterday was certainly eventful. 70 mile an hour gales, in gusts, lifted out two fence panels and threw them around like playing cards, then lifted our huge plastic coal bunker,(with some coal and a garden fork in it) straight off the patio down to the next level. It turned it completely upside down, and took with it all my plant tubs, tipping the contents all over the slabs.
It smashed my lovely bird bath into four pieces, but fortuntely the main base, and the bath itself survived in one piece. Very upset, as it was a present from my son and quite expensive..
Clearing up the debris this morning, I decided the decision to have plastic tubs, rather than terracotta, had been a good one!. Neighbours patio chairs landed down the bottom of the long garden ! Also heard that another neighbour had all his ridge tiles smashed, so we count ourselves lucky. And still alive!
More nasty stuff forecast for the rest of the week, so fingers crossed.
Websailor
Flying Coal Bunkers!
Woodpigeon Posted Mar 22, 2004
Sorry to hear that - the roof of my toolshed has been ripped off, but it doesn't sound anything like as bad as your experience!
Flying Coal Bunkers!
Websailor Posted Mar 22, 2004
They are forecasting more rough stuff for this week, so batten down the hatches!
How annoying to lose your toolshed roof. Still we should both count ourselves lucky. There were some pretty nasty accidents over the weekend, some fatal.
Today has been blustery, but sunny with showers in between. Just trhe brightness makes me feel better. Hope Mrs. WP had a nice Mother's Day? I spent half of it cleaning up the debris, but both my sons came over for lunch so that was nice.
Websailor
Flying Coal Bunkers!
Woodpigeon Posted Mar 23, 2004
The weather is still pretty nice here at the moment, but I hear its about to change dramatically in the afternoon.
We had a rather hectic Mother's Day - we had a family occasion and we had to get the whole family ready for a long drive that morning. It was a great day overall.
I am practicing to deliver a speech on our coastline for tomorrow evening. It's a competition, so fingers crossed!
Woodpigeon
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