Blowing a hoolie.

[skyenet]

Reduce it to wully's wood burner size

Loads lying half a mile up the road from the school where I work after this big fella blew over, hitting two moving cars in the process.

The drivers were treated for shock but had no injuries. It happened just between the Primary school finishing and the Secondary school kids going home. Saw the mess of one of the cars. The whole front end and engine bay were completely flattened. The guy was incredibly lucky to walk away. Thank goodness we had an after school meeting or might have been caught up in it myself

 

[Voyager]

I lost the tops of three trees, very obvious damage to this one on the North side of my garden:

On the South side I have a belt of trees lining the road. This hole in the canopy shouldn't be there

You're supposed to be able to walk freely under the trees on a gravel surface (my daughters used to ride their horses along here):

No great harm done, unlike the incidents above; just a lot of unexpected work to tidy everything up .

Skynet:- Sounds like you had a lucky escape.

Wully:- Sorry, but I have a pot-bellied stove in my workshop


Bob.

 

[Klanky]

Horse chestnut branches are very prone to splitting off, there was a young lad killed back in the 90's in the next village to us when a branch came off the chestnut tree on the village green.

 

[Voyager]

Horse chestnut branches are very prone to splitting off.

Yes, the wood is very brittle and doesn't have much strength. I've had a few large branches fall and now I'm going to get a 'Cherry Picker' in and take the tops off before they do any more damage.

The wood isn't great in fires either

Bob.

 

[Boxerboy55]

Aberdeen wis breezy

I was caught in a blocked Aberdeen street myself this week. Some poor soul was in for a surprise.

 

[AndyT]

I got the ferry home from Orkney this morning and apart from rain of Biblical proportions all teh way down to Inverness the wind is still blowing a hoolie..... North of Alness was the first time I have had my bike cranked over in a straight line, coming back over the lecht was just dangerous.......

 

[Pukmeister]

Riding through Gales

I picked a helluva week to tour Scotland. Couldn't get onto Skye so went to Fort William, then rode down through Glen Sheill to Eilean Donnan castle in 90mph winds carrying full luggage in a downpour. The castle got closed for safety (windy causeway) so we wimped out and found a B&B rather than camping out. The rest of the week didn't fare much better. Folks said it was the worst weather in memory.

I now feel very confident about muscling around a fully fuelled and luggaged GSA in windy weather.

Shame about the poor chap killed in his car by the tree, I think it was near Inverness somewhere.

Glad to be home and still in one piece.