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The Met Office continues to expect an intense low pressure system to move east across the UK during Monday, bringing severe gales and potentially damaging gusts across some areas, more particularly the west and south of England and Wales. Southerly winds are expected to strengthen during the early hours of Monday to give severe gales for a time, coinciding with the morning rush hour in some areas. An additional swathe of severe westerly gales will follow through the morning and afternoon, principally affecting southwest England and the south coast of England. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are likely with the possibility of 80 mph gusts on exposed coasts and hills. Disruption to transport and power supplies is possible and there may be damage to buildings and trees. In addition high waves and flooding may affect coastal areas in the south.
So I’ve heaved a big concrete block against the door of my greenhouse, moved anything that might get blown around into shelter, picked all the daffodils and narcissi currently flowering in the garden and brought them indoors. Hubby has also put a heavy board against our gate set into the 10ft pittosporum hedge on the seaward (westerly) side of our property and heavily weighted it with two concrete blocks.
The slipway onto the beach is less than fifty yards from the gate and the last two high spring tides have already seen the waves breaching the slipway and flooding out onto the track between us and the beach. The area is festooned with seaweed, cuttlefish bones, odd bits of rope, chunks of wood AND someone’ dinghy … upside down and looking rather the worse for a severe battering. Since the hurricane force winds are due to come from a westerly direction tonight and tomorrow, we are taking NO chances
Hopefully we will still be here tomorrow, as well as all the terracotta tiles on our roof four storeys above ground level, and only minor damage sustained.
