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Anyone taking precautions tonight/tomorrow for the winters first big storm? We've already had announcements of cancelled trains and buses. Panic buying at the supermarket too - or was that only me taking advantage of the cut-price Malts in Tesco?
Really? I'm still cycling in shorts at the minute!
Tell me more about these Tesco bargains.....
Tenner off Dalwhinnie for a start....
Chainsaw fuelled and oiled and ready to go scrumping for fallen trees. Bring it on!
I shall look out the heavy duty waterproofs!
Pffft
I'm planning a 4 hour road ride before work
Neither am I.
News to me.
I'll take a waterproof for tomorrow's post work hill run, or will wind proof be fine?
'tis the second big storm of the season, the first one was a lot further south (Oct 27/28)
Oh, that'll be [i]south of the border[/i] I missed that one.
Tenner off Dalwhinnie. ..If I had known that before coming home
Aberlour is £20 at Sainsburys at the minute.
Didnt have you down as an express reader colin.
Oh I dunno. The BBC has a fearsome 34mph forecast for Edinurgh.
€Billions of damage across Europe isn't funny particularly as everyones premium goes up
Or does the border, which is a stupid line on the ground, protect you from that?
[url] http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/info/group-id/4834 [/url]
"A combination of severe gale force winds, a tidal surge and high astronomical tides are expected on Thursday afternoon"
Nice. Then it is supposed to start snowing all night.
So in times of adverse weather, I shall do the right thing - buy cheap whiskey & sit it out 😉
Meh, I am driving over the Rest and be thankful at midday tomorrow, then spending two days on the beaches in Argyll teaching some beach school / outdoor stuff to toddlers and childminders. What could possibly go wrong?*
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*this statement may contain some bravado, and may not fully reflect my ongoing and dynamic risk assessment as required by my employer and mrs_oab.
I might put a coat on.
Saw a front page headline the other day that said 'Cold snap to last 3 months' or similar.
That'll be the winter then!
I might put a coat on.
You see, [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24690552 ]that is just the kind of overreaction that the southerners had.[/url]
motorman - Memberastronomical tides
That is a ****ing big tide.
Oh, and thanks for the reminder, I need to pop the kite in the car.
They were warning messages on the M56 slip road onto the M6 yesterday about strong winds expected Thursday. Now that's a bit previous...
Ok ok, I'll take a waterproof out tomorrow night.
There was a notice at Haymarket this evening saying the train service would be running a reduced service tomorrow morning because of the wind storm.
Cheers for the Dalwhinnie PSA
[quote=ElShalimo ]'tis the second big storm of the season, the first one was a lot further south (Oct 27/28)
That would be Autumn then?
[quote=FunkyDunc ]Cheers for the Dalwhinnie PSA
Looks like Jura Superstition, Highland Park, Glenmorangie and Talisker are all down to £25 a bottle. Some other bargains too.
Fire up the strava, I hear there's a tailwind...
My Mrs was offered a tub of celebrations from work one of the Dr's who was leaving for his next placement as a thank you. Her boss a consultant offered her a swap for a bottle Jura to give to me as he doesn't like whisky.
The kids enjoyed the celebrations. 🙄
Usually I have a window open a little in the bedroom.
I had to close it last night.
93mph winds recorded at Loch Glascarnoch. Gotta be a Strava segment around there?
Mind breeze round here. Was worse on friday night here - yet the powers flickering.
Casualtys so far - the wheelie bin has blown over ( empty) and an old doors fallen over.
I'm amused by the reporter in Saltcoats on the Beeb
An actually very strong wind in Leeds glad I'm driving to work today.
If I may be serious, for just a second.
Keep safe folks, especially those in coastal flood zones.
I meant that as well, which is unusual.
Doesn't sound very nice out there - think my two boys will be glad to have a day off riding to school
I can report it's quite breezy here in Aberlour. I did tie the trampoline up earlier just in case 😉
It certainly looks and sounds very animated out the window here in Edinburgh.
swavis - did you get the lightning?
piemonster - Member
If I may be serious, for just a second.Keep safe folks, especially those in coastal flood zones.
I meant that as well, which is unusual.
+1
I may be working this weekend if it starts flooding in Yorkshire.
Just walked a couple of miles into the office to recover the car and had to clear fallen branches from the lanes. Time to follow GeoffJ's lead.
Blowing a hoolie around the house, the fire and burner have never got going so quickly!
Heading for Cressbrook over the tops later, do I ride or drive, hmmmmmm?
scotroutes
The storm "season" is usually Sept to April but major windstorms can occur at any time. It was a major storm that wiped out the Spanish Armada
swavis - did you get the lightning?
Yeah, just two flashes though but quite impressive as it was so black out there. It has actually been rather stormy. The wind woke the wee lad up at half two this morning and we struggled to get him back off to sleep. Although with it being a north westerly it's really whipping round the house, it sounds a lot worse than it is. The rain was really thumping down on my way to work at 6:30 and the power's been flickering...
Stay safe out there.
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!