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Storm Ciara is bringing inland gales of 60-80mph tomorrow (mostly between 9am - 5pm in Wilts). It's the first time ever that the Met Office has issued an amber warning for wind in North Wilts, so stay safe people and don't travel unless you absolutely have to.

You think you have problems - it's spring tides as well here   :beach:

I have put a brick on the recycling box lid . . . just to be on the safe side.

I got an extra 4 beers in for tonight. Just in case there are distribution problems

Yeah, I am due to be on a plane to Madrid at 3.30pm tomorrow, really looking forward to it..

Yep, garden table and chairs have been safely packed away. Well, you can't be too careful.

A chilly (for Malaga) 20 today here. I’ve definitely acclimatized as I’ve got the heating on!

Hope you sent a photo to the Adver.

They've already hit parts of Swindon by the look of it  :)

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18220925.harbour-project-hold-litter-pick-bid-tidy-broadgreen/

Hitting my 6' fence,  bending backwards and forwards like a piece of cardboard.   Just waiting for the bang.  Knew I should have replaced those posts weeks ago.

Wrong time of year. Ground is to wet. If mine goes down my neighbour is going to have to wait until the weather dries out the ground and I have the time to do it.

What we call a gentle breeze in Cumbria.. .

Good point,  was looking for an excuse when it finally goes !!!!!!!.

Good luck to you up there,  seems as though you are getting the brunt of it.  Hope you're all battened down especially with the predicted snowstorms coming.

The brambles will hold it up I'm sure!

We should be ok, lights flashing a bit but that's all so far. As we are fairly near the coast we don't tend to get snow that often, used to get a hell of a lot more when I was growing up in Oxfordshire.

Two plant pots have blown over so far (photo on it's way to the Adver). The fence is taking a battering but it's fairly new.

Sat at Heathrow waiting for flight to JFK. Not delayed which i am quite surprised about. Plenty of flights been cancelled mind.

Tans, you can watch the planes land. Very entertaining.

https://twitter.com/danbenyork/status/1226457560804401152?s=19

my fence is at wobblycon 2. I've tried the reinforce it with a picnic bench and a heavy  garden umbrella base

 ???

https://youtu.be/aYiLaK5bIJo

it's gone now, someone was live streaming them coming in with commentary

My flight was cancelled, now flying tonight instead

Lots of branches and small trees down around Coleshill near my farm.
The lights kept going on and off in the parlour this morning which was fun (not)

Still waiting to depart now, flight delayed indefinitely. Was just about to taxi out!

the live lending feed is back on tans.

hope you get away soon

Next to go apparently!

You need to put your phone into flight mode  ;)

Survived the journey! First 20 minutes i was shitting myself mind

I see a BA 747 broke the record for a subsonic flight from New York to London - 4 hrs 56 mins - 80 mins ahead of schedule. Flights from the US usually arrive early but that's going some :o

Thought the storm was over yesterday but it was still going strong in Reading today. My fence is down! Means I get to work from home tomorrow and go to Northampton from here rather than my office though, silver linings all that...

Storm Dennis will be arriving in the Swindon area around 2pm on Saturday (just in time for Scunny game), with torrential rain and gusts up to 60mph.

Wouldn't it be nice to play a game that's not influenced by the wind!

Been so long I can't remember what thats like!

Yes indeed. Even tonight is going to be windy, with a wind chill of minus 3 (can't wait!)

Still, the windy season is due to finish by about the 26th April, oh last match of the season is the 25th April, ah well. Looks like we better get used to playing in windy conditions then!

The wind is quite often a factor at The (ie our) County Ground.

Exeter jibes aside, I have often been left wondering why we do not seem to take advantage of its quirks which so often seem to leave us as nonplussed as the opposition.

ie more distance shooting or alternatively using a swirl or headwind with crosses that tease the opposing keeper or punts forward that tease defenders and hold up for a second, oncoming attacker arriving at pace.

It really wasn't that windy at Carlisle.

It became pretty much a fast flowing river on my street in a matter of mins. The only thing that stopped us flooding was that we live on a hill. Apparently parts of Scotland are going to get another dollop of snow (on top of ice) over night tonight. Not much your kilt and clan can do about that. Or even grit for that matter!

Sake! Every game i've been to this season seems to be played during ridiculous conditions.

My mate who lives not far from you in Ilkeston had heavyish snow yesterday, did you get that mate?

Yes, the rain and wind came heavy on Sunday. Monday the snow hit the Midlands quite heavy. Wasn't sustained but there was a good dollop in a short space of time.