Planned to climb up Ben Hope on a day off from work. Hit that one on the head.
Not looking forward to the ride home. I was blown in this morning by a strong tail wind!
My mistake, the clouds scudding by were actually my neighbour's sheep.
Sounds wild out there. Local weather station 2 miles from me (nw of Dundee) has recorded 87mph gusts so far this morning 😯
eskay - don't worry about getting home. Just click the heels of your ruby slippers together and say 'There's no place like home' three times.
birky - Member
Sounds wild out there. Local weather station 2 miles from me (nw of Dundee) has recorded 87mph gusts so far this morning
You got a link birky?
i stand corrected - a colleague picked me up and we drove to work - tree down on top of a polo on malcolm road. occupants ok.
stand by my earlier observation - its not as bad on top of the hill as it was on friday but its worse everywhere else 😀
140mph on Aonach Mor!
Piemonster: [url= http://www.sidlawweather.co.uk/ ]http://www.sidlawweather.co.uk/[/url]
Why do they insist on sending a tv reporter out on location when it's shit weather?
140mph on Aonach Mor!
So, standard Scottish ski conditions then?
Birky, thanks for that.
Train to Haymarket just ran over something and made a worrying noise.
We are now stopped just outside Uphall.
looks a wee bit draughty up there
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/observations
Just stepped outside to ride to work, got whacked in the face by a stick, decided to get the train.
a propoer categorised 'hooly' in East Kilbride 🙂
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Ha ha! Very funny trail_rat!
Seems to have passed us now.
Snow next?
Here near Skipton and its a tad windy, I think my ride plans are on hold. In fact I may stay in all day.
Had simultaneous alerts from Environment Agency last night via text, email and voice message. Got to admit they seem to be good at alerting people these days...
Rachel (might wear a waterproof later)
Parents currently driving up to a funeral in Newcastle, mum text to say lorries getting blown around on the A1 near York
My office in Glasgow is moving.
We're getting pummelled here 🙂
My wife thought it was 'button' down the hatches 😀
Think the worst of the rain passed through overnight, but wind has picked up in last couple of hours for sure.
Glad I'm working from home, wouldn't like to be cycling or indeed driving anywhere, certainly not flying!
Good day for putting the washing out, so long as you jubilee clip the washing to the line..
ive been watching sleasyjet flying out of aberdeen - they appear to be the only jets going , the small turboprops have been going - but they fly in anything.
last easyjet i watched go out got about 100ft up out the lie of kirkhill then started getting tossed around like a mobile phone in the washing machine.
winds calmed down here now too.
i live on top of an exposed hill , we get alot of bad wind - im still adament that isnt the worst wind of the year for us.
Might even have to use the clips to keep the lid on the hot tub! 😆
current alerts from forth one radio station advise that FRB and clackmannanshire bridge are closed, as well as all scotrail services being cancelled until further notice.
subjectively, it seems to have died down a wee bit here in dunfermline though.
Local weather station has seen a gust of 111 kph, hope it eases soon as our house is particularly exposed.
It's raining branches here... with the wind direction, if one of the redwoods decides to come down it'll pretty much land on my desk 😆 My boss decided to cycle in this morning, not sure if brave or stupid but he did get blown over twice so probably the latter. We've left him in the warm corner til he stops shaking which, on the downside, means he'll be the first one to be squashed by the trees.
martymac - Membersubjectively, it seems to have died down a wee bit here in dunfermline though.
Science- wind is caused by trains and/or traffic on bridges.
They've just built a load of wind turbines outside our office (Burnley) as it's a bit blustery at the best of times. I'm presently watching our large triple-glazed office windows bowing inwards. Which is a tad worrying! 😯
think of the firewood northwind.
if id had the jeep id have been out scrumping/clearing the roads of branches today - as it happens im in work 🙁
Where's that, DalesRider? It does seem a tad windy out and about in Skipton.
we get alot of bad wind
Change of diet?
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Two wagons down on the M6 near Carlisle and Penrith.
Just waiting for it to stop so I can survey how much bloody rubbish will end up in our front garden, ours must create some sort of vortex and attract everyone's shit!
martinhutch - MemberWhere's that, DalesRider? It does seem a tad windy out and about in Skipton.
Embsay house faces South West looking out on Pendle Hill. I've turned the radio up wind doesn't sound as bad 🙂
It's front page news on the bbc website. What happened to the regional bias?
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Getting worse in the Hope Valley, our office on teh first floor of the barn on the hump between Hope and Bradwell so the valley acts like a funnel.
Currently watching the photographer's chocolate Lab getting blown across the car park, hilarious!
Drove the kids to school and rode to my office from there wasn't too hairy in sheffield (well didnt actually get blown over!)
Didn't feel that bad on the ride into Manc city centre this morning, although Beetham Tower is doing it's tuning fork thing again so it must windier than I thought.
Its not as bad as that January 3rd gale here yet but its picking up.
When I was in Orkney my neighbour had an anemometer which recorded gusts of 105mph before it blew away.
When there is this much fuss about wind in the media, you have to wonder if activia is about to make a killing
is that a joke ? missing a vital componant - the humour.
Snowing here now 😀
*Lets air out of tyres*
