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speaking to my mate in oban earlier. corran bridge was shut. esplanade was also shut - first time either of us can remember that happening. he left work when bits started blowing off his roof.
where i am it was much worse back in april/may
The rain and melt water running down the road in Strathpeffer when heading in the Contin direction was wild. I drove towards Contin earlier and it was like a burn flowing down the main road.Even driving up the fairly steep road the water was deep enough to make the car nearly cut out.As the car got blown with gusts of wind as i crawled up through these streams.. i thought that this was the worst ive seen the weather.Quite jaw dropping heading up through the village! So glad the car didnt flood and die.
Weathermen around the country have spoken about the destructive force of hurricane bawbag hitting Scotland but our own Sean Batty has issued an appeal for calm saying "I've felt the full force of the bawbag but didn't panic, I just took it on the chin"
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Is there anyone from the Highlands area?
Northern Highlands.
Went to head out on the bike (I like a bit of weather) but there were tree branches and bigger flying around so I chickened out and went back home.
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"I've felt the full force of the bawbag but didn't panic, I just took it on the chin"
Brilliant 😀
"I've felt the full force of the bawbag but didn't panic, I just took it on the chin"
Brilliant. I want the T-shirt!
Once I stop shaking of course!
Still wild on the moray firth coast. Two large trees down on 18 mile route home. Was heading along usual seafront road and ran over lots of seaweed and medium sized pebbles (fist sized) thrown a good 20 feet by the waves. A friggin starfish hit my windscreen... Not kidding, had to windscreen wipe it off! No octopodes though.
House being battered by wind so loud I'm failing to get to sleep just now. Salt spray heavy enough to be tasted in the air on the onshore side of the house. Front of house is probably 400m from sea with a high, disused harbour wall supposedly sheltering us. Worst storm I've seen here in the 8 yrs I've lived here.
Complete over reaction by most of my colleagues again. Genuine shock and anger (!!) at me wanting to bike home in it, but once I got going it was easy enough, only about 15 mins extra on my commute time but I was in no rush.
<laughing out loud at jo with her starfish swiping story. Maybe you hit a cyclist.Was it a marmite starfish?!
EDIT: You need some motrax earplugs for motorbiking. I sleep with them in most nights and sleep really well.I can still hear the alarm clock fine enough with them.
Bawbag nicked my fence 🙁 If anybody sees it; it is about 2.4m x 5m in two sections....
Well it was scary at times. Opened the door of my metal shed and it nearly took off! (Not small either) Lots of trees down over the roads but quickly cleared. TBH probably a good decision to close schools - you wouldn't want Johnny walking home in that but closing shops/businesses WTF?
No midges yesterday then?