As I mentioned recently, J had a near miss when a large tree fell just as he was turning into the main street in the village. Though the road was cleared the same day the remains of the trunk are still blocking one of the foot paths. As you can probably make out, it didn't do the nearby street lamp a lot of good.
As far as I can tell it was growing outside the property line so it should be the responsibility of the local authority to clear it. They probably have to wait until the power running to the lamp is disconnected. At the moment there is tape warning of live electricity.
When Storm Ciara crossed the UK on Sunday there were several lines of squalls.
One passed over here.
From my weather records on Wunderground:
The top graph shows the temperature dropping from 14.7C to 7.1C as it passed through.
The rate of rainfall reached 50mm / hour (about 2 inches per hour).
Fortunately the squall passed through in about 15 to 20 minutes.
How it looked through my kitchen window:
There were lots of reports of Lincolnshire roads bring blocked by falling trees.
Talking to J, a dog walker we often meet, he had a narrow escape.
As he drove out of the small estate behind me a large tree crashed down ahead of him.
Needless to say he decided to go back home.
One 'heritage' disaster was the 5 sail windmill in Burgh le Marsh losing its sails.
It looks as though the whole rotating section was blown off.
J told me he had heard that the sails were rotating backwards in the high wind.
Found these videos on t'internet.
When the sails started to break up:
The final damage:
Built around 1844. A working mill until the 1960's
Now owned by the County Council and run by volunteers.
I wonder whether it will be restored.
More than a bit blustery this morning as storm Ciara struts her stuff across the country.
We just had a short walk to the end of my lane first thing.
A near neighbour had a close shave some time during the night.
A couple of broken fence panels as someone's trampoline went fly-about:
If it hadn't rested on his sturdy oak post and gates it could well have damaged their car:
Wind speeds recorded by my new weather station (from the Wunderground site)
Today from midnight to 9 a.m..
Blue = wind speed. Orange dots = recorded gusts.
So far I have one fence panel rapidly disintegrating. I was expecting that one to go.
A freezing start to yesterday but by the afternoon I could feel the warmth from the Sun.
While I was pottering in the garden I had a quick look for any insect life.
There were dozens of bees on the heather. All taking advantage of a calm February day as the temperature reached 10.4°C. Didn't see any bumble bees though. The calm before the weekend storm.
The large holes in the stonework of our church I mentioned a few days ago are on the North facing side and just in one particular area:
The holes being 20 to 25 mm in diameter.
Recently I decided to look at the other walls and found holes on the East and South facing walls:
There are scores of holes, mainly above head height and much smaller at about 10mm diameter. They give much more the appearance of being the homes of masonry bees. I doubt I will ever find out for certain what made those larger holes on the North side.
