Storm Bert, bad in your area?

[diy_fun_uk]

I'm in Fife, east Scotland a bit north of Edinburgh. We've got heavy-ish rain and wind coming and going but nothing too major so far. Mind you I'm in a bungalow and the cul-de-sac is surrounded by trees so sheltered to an extent.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Bit damp, grey and blustery in Brizzle - heavy rain on way. Bit milder though.

Friend is getting ready for the off in December. He's retired and rents an apartment in Tenereife beginning Dec to end of March every year. Flying south seems a very good idea, and I'm more than a little envious.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Bit damp, grey and blustery in Brizzle - heavy rain on way. Bit milder though.

Friend is getting ready for the off in December. He's retired and rents an apartment in Tenereife beginning Dec to end of March every year. Flying south seems a very good idea, and I'm more than a little envious.

Yeah I never used to think that way, however as I get older the thought of having a bolthole in sunnier climes does appeal. I'll need to await the big Lotto win to enact however

 

[ETAF]

we have had a few things blown around the garden, i put most away, but missed some things - like pots on a wall, and table and also an umbrella that was resting in the corner
all blown over and broken around the garden now

a lot of rain and continuing wind

i have a cheap weather station and gusts are around 35mph at the moment and averaging around 15mph, but looking at the graph since midnight the winds are steadily increasing - so expecting worse as it moves across over the next 24hrs or so

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Yeah I never used to think that way, however as I get older the thought of having a bolthole in sunnier climes does appeal. I'll need to await the big Lotto win to enact however

When I was younger I never felt the cold. Even in winter I was turning off radiators and opening windows, feeling that many places were over heated. At 58 I really feel the cold now and the thought of sitting around in the sun sipping San Mig seems attractive. The British winters are definitely getting more difficult. My cousin in South Africa keeps trying to convince me to go there, saying my money will go a long way. Looking at the house prices and Rand rate she's right. Fantastic climate. Poss getting a bit too dodgy out there though.