woolybanana Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Took some water butts down yesterday to give them an annual preseason clean. The today I heard an odd grating noise in the garden. Blow me down, there were three heavy duty plastic water butts doing an elaborate group waltz across the terrace and onto the lawn. An abnormal swirl of wind had given them the urge to dance. Good fun catching them, a bit like rounding up bullocks!Phew, gale upon gale upon gale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Didn't you video it? if you didn't that was a pity, not a sight you usually see is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Never thought of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Pity, I'd have watched it....... I like stuff like that[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 My wheelie bin got blown down the road and now has to go on a speed awareness course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mint Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Is this the place to confess to a thrill for watching thunder, lightning and buckets of rain whooshing down?There was one year when we were staying in a hotel in Sorrento with a magnificent view of Vesuvius. One night, there was a storm like no others I had ever seen. I insisted on opening the French windows and watching the spectacle and letting the rain come in and OH knew better than to ask me why I was opening the huge floor to ceiling windows .....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Storms are magnificent to watch. I know my grandmother, who was quite a woman was terrified of storms and would hide under the stairs, but I love watching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith-aka-Judith Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 We sometimes get dancing plastic garden chairs, which usually end up in the pool, and tables, which don't but do end upside down with broken legs and chops out all round. Never been awake to see it though.After the flood we found one missing plastic green chair in the pool, but days afterwards as the pool water was so muddy we couldn't see it. That wasn't wind though ... but the rain. And on the same occasion, sadly, in the lower fish pond, several little fishes swam and swam, right over the dam, as it were, and were found scattered, dead, of course, around the garden. Of course, at the time, the garden was the least of our worries, and we didn't bother with it until we'd made the house liveable again ... at least in part. Weather, indeed, when angry, can be disastrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 The storm is starting to build here. How bad it is going to get remains to be seen, probably not as bad as forecast in northern UK.I just want time to plant out And stake the last of the standard roses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 AFAIK, the storm is only going to be at its worst for 48 hours. So why don't you put the root balls in water until you could plant them out? Won't harm in water for a couple of days.All is calm chez nous; in fact, going to be 19° tomorrow afternoon! Think I'll have an early lunch and go out with my neighbours for a walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Ah, Nimteroonie, youm guessed what I done with me remaining ones. Aktuli it were my back wat stopped me, though t’were just startin to spit.Bare roots snugged up nicely in bickets o’ gud rain wata! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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