We were supposed to be going to Laggan then on to Nairn. Decided to go to Dunkeld, turned off A9 as all the traffic stopped south of Perth.
Auchterader seems nice. Think we might be here for a day or two because of the snow. No wind here.
Probably not one of our greatest decisions to go away but we have supplies with us, a bed & fridge full of food.
The dog’s pretty happy too
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Shits getting real!
Must be on it's way then, we're 15 miles north east of you and it's still pretty calm although it is now snowing heavily and settling which wasn't supposed to happen until much later tonight.
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That Heathrow stream is ruining my already rock bottom productivity 😀
Chuff me, kudos to anyone piloting anything today. 😳
martinhutch
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yeah that was beautifully done! Emirates and BA showing how it's done
Shits getting real!
Totally calm here in Tod. Although we do have some torrential sleet. 🤷🏻♂️
Update - local authority have told my wife to go home at 1pm - at peak of storm. 20 mile drive across the new forest. Muppets!
And another road closed with fallen power line near her so looking even more unlikely she'll be going home any time soon.
Met office saying a gust of 122mph recorded on the IoW! Crazy times.
Radio 4 just now. "Orange warning in place for most of the UK, everywhere from the M62 corridor, South" 🙄
About that webcam...
Had to do a small bit of tree work on my way to get lunch in brecon.
Happy i keep my folding saw in the car from night rides
That Heathrow stream is ruining my already rock bottom productivity 😀
Same here 🤣🤣🤣
Live feed at Heathrow...
Edit - sorry didn't realise it had already been posted 🙂
yeah it's brilliant, great commentary 🤣That Heathrow stream is ruining my already rock bottom productivity
And through all this, the neighbours still have their ****ing wind chimes up. Honestly.
That one bounced a bit!
Some Air Portugal passengers gonna be seeing their chiropractors first thing.
**** me! the 'oversteer' on that singapore air one
From the BBC website:
Do not put yourself at risk to take selfies during the storm, warns James Instance from Cornwall's Falmouth coastguard.
"Your life is not worth a photograph," he says.
Surely he's got that the wrong way round? Shouldn't it be "A photograph is not worth your life"?
someone shouting we’re all going to die!
That was just at check in...
Cabin doors to manual
“Orange warning in place for most of the UK, everywhere from the M62 corridor, South” 🙄
Half of the UKs population apparently lives in this circle.
https://www.markpack.org.uk/153933/where-does-half-of-the-uks-population-live/
Add in Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol, half of Birmingham, Liverpool, and the entireity of Wales, and I can see a decent argument for "most" - by population, not land.
My mate flies for a living, on a trip with him one time after a robust landing he descibed it as 'positive'
A few positive landings today, but as he said, as long as you can use the plane again afterwards It counts as a good'un.
Reports on BBC news just that large chunks are being ripped off the Millennium Dome roof!
The approach controllers and flight planners are working hard today. Lots of diversions. Lots going up to Newcastle. One BA from Chicago to Heathrow gave up and diverted to Geneva.
Most pointless guy in the building is my smoking shelter buddy who's the LC tower controller. Zero movements. Quiet shift for him.
Just had a powercut at the hospital. It's back up and running now
Just spoke to my partner who couldn’t stop laughing, she was looking out the window at a woman walking 2 dogs, one a small bug eyed yappy thing that the wind had picked up, she was trying to reel it back in with the retractable lead!
I asked how high of the ground it was? “Nearly a meter”!?
tthew
Full MemberReports on BBC news just that large chunks are being ripped off the Millennium Dome roof!
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https://twitter.com/BJFHubbard/status/1494650273549201408
My sister in law in Sussex has just reported watching her greenhouse door going past the kitchen window......
Spire of St Thomas Church in Wells, Somerset just got taken off, seriously hope no one was underneath that when it fell. :-O
Think the eye wall has just passed through in Tod. Was totally still 5 mins ago and now the trees are starting to bend. I'd go out on the bike if I didn't have work meetings. ☹️
Wind has now arrived in Chester - picked up quite quickly.
Stuck on a train at Berkhampstead,trees & trampolines on the line, no idea when bus replacement will be appearing.
All for my postponed work Xmas lunch
A 'positive landing' for the Isle of Wight ferry too 😯
Well, your typical Scottish coastal house gets subjected to this regularly and is essentially battle-hardened already. The chimney stack is probably pretty solid because if it weren’t it would have blown over during any of the storms that winter. And if it looked ropey some local would have gone ‘oh that needs some attention before the winter’.
So we're saying that not only is property more expensive in the South, it's not built or maintained to the same standards either?
Mate flew out of Heathrow this morning said it was crazy, people screaming and someone shouting we’re all going to die!
I do hope this happened to them
Spire of St Thomas Church in Wells, Somerset just got taken off, seriously hope no one was underneath that when it fell. :-O
https://twitter.com/fergieweather/status/1494656352236486657?t=p5WFOaDDuAw_3V3jJbNksQ&s=19
Mumbles head gusting 75mph, doesnt feel anything special in suburban swansea though.
Feel a bit foolish tidying up the garden yesterday now!
It’s pretty windy just west of you…. Wind gone WNWish now though.
I commend your optimism in boarding the train in the first place, not sure I'd have bothered!!Stuck on a train at Berkhampstead
that last ba plane was an ornithopter !!!
Barely windy here in HD6, just north of the all important M62. Little disappointed 🙂
So we’re saying that not only is property more expensive in the South, it’s not built or maintained to the same standards either?
Yes, we know its shit down south, don't rub it in.
