Well, I made all sorts of preparations for Storm Goretti - candles out, matches, torches, Thermos flasks of boiling water for hotty botties and cups of tea, electric blanket on early, mobile fully charged etc. I watched all three episodes of Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club, and greatly enjoyed this series, despite falling asleep sitting up in Episode 2, so had to watch it again. The earlier heavy rain turned to lighter snow, and even when I went to bed, there wasn't much in the way of wind, let alone storm, so I will assume we were on the edge of it here. Phew. It's dark yet, but looks like we only had an inch or so of snow. I'll put the news on shortly and see how the rest of the country fared. So much for all the nay-sayers on Facebook who said we would just get rain. Many of the roads in the Welsh valleys were struggling with the heavier snowfall and even Swansea, on the coast, got a goodly amount.
I made good progress with my jigsaw yesterday, and really enjoyed it. Not too challenging. I think Tenby will be more demanding as there's lots of sea in that one.
I will probably bake a cake for my neighbours who did the shopping the other day. I have bananas and cooking apples to use up. I will walk round to their house with it, to get some fresh air and stretch my legs. I will make a pan of Minestrone soup too. This weather calls for soup.
January is one of those months which can easily be frittered away doing nothing and watching tv, so I will try to get more into craft mode. I am enjoying sewing the Pippi-cat embroidery. Really need to do some quilt making too.
I hope all the other UK followers are OK, and that the ghastly bush fire in Australia hadn't affected folk. Someone had put up a photo of what appeared to be storm clouds in Oz, but was the smoke from the bush fire, and I pray they are ok.
98 mph winds here on north coast of Cornwall and 123 mph near Padstow. 40,000 without power overnight I think. Glad all was calm for you.
ReplyDeleteYes, it didn't sound like a good place to be last night. Glad that you survived, Anon.
ReplyDeleteEven our wind was up after 10pm...but fortunately that was all, not seriously..just on the very edge here... although the Northeast is still shutdown with ice and snow
ReplyDeletePerhaps it was noisier in the night here but I slept through it. Had the wooden shutters across and that cuts down on noise.
DeleteIt was a bit windy here, and we have had some rain overnight, but no snow to be seen through my window. I am looking for things to keep me occupied through January. I see a quilt and sewing show at Newark next week. I might go to that.
ReplyDeleteOooh, envious of your trip to the Quilt and Sewing Show at Newark. I have to wait until May for the Malvern quilt festival.
ReplyDeleteYour jigsaw is coming along nicely, and very quickly. It's really weird seeing all the bad weather on the news and social media, because here it's like we have 'no weather'. No rain, wind, snow or anything of note, just a strange calm 'nothing' day. After the weather of the last few weeks it seems even more obvious and actually nice.
ReplyDeleteI'm stuck with the roofs and awkward to place bits now, so slowed down today. No weather is probably a good medium for a while!
DeleteIf you hadn't made all those preparations, Bovey, you really would have gotten one heck of a storm! That seems to be the way it always is. So glad you were spared. Love, Andrea xoxo
ReplyDeleteYes, I think I scared it away! Cornwall was very badly hit, gale-wise, and they had plenty of snow in the Midlands too. Waiting for this lot to melt now.
DeleteThe snow came here but I don't think it'll be around for long. There were a few moments yesterday where it was getting bad.
ReplyDeleteIt's meant to be warming up here over the weekend. Hooray. Glad you weren't buried too deeply.
DeleteQuite a bit of snow, although its disappearing of the estate's main road, but our small parking area is still full of snow and as its uphill to get out, haven't even tried it. Miss Sheva was not impressed with the white stuff and is now laying stretched out on our bed like Lady Muck. Take care. Xx
ReplyDeleteThat's the trouble with side roads and parking areas. My cats not the least bit impressed by the snow either and quite happy to stay indoors!
DeleteSo funny about cats! My indies ask to go out. If there is snow, they sniff at it and back away quickly. The ferals, though! They leap into the stuff and roll around as if they are having the time of their lives. I am glad you missed the brunt of it.
DeleteWe had a bit of a blizzard last night with the snow coming down in handfuls but it soon melted. I think the coast will stay clear though they're now saying it will get worse over Sunday. Morrison's in Aber was half empty and had hardly any fresh produce on the shelves though Lidl's did. Jigsaws are very relaxing to do though I do mine on line with Jigidi.
ReplyDeleteI imagine you did, coming straight in off the sea. We are warming up, with rain. I can cope with that. I imagine there haven't been deliveries since shelves were stripped in advance of the weather warning. I was glad to get in to Llandod on Weds, plus what my neighbour picked up for me on Tues. Will check out Jigidi.
DeleteAussie here: I lived in the main area affected for 40 years and was a member of one of the local fire brigades. We were called to many fires in the same places.
ReplyDeleteIt is simply devastating. No other words for it. Colleagues have lost everything.
Thank you for your concern.
It's so frightening to watch and I cannot begin to imagine how frightening to be there on the ground. What happened to the family who were surrounded by it and were told to take shelter? I feared for the worst?
DeleteHow brave that you were a member of one of the local fire brigades. That takes a particular sort of courage and I take my hat off to you.
I remember as a child there was a fire on the rough land at the end of our garden. A neighbour in the prefabs parked his car on the strip of land between our house and the rough land. We somehow managed to push his little invalid car across the road away from the fire, and then the fire brigade arrived, but that was very scary as only 20 feet from our house.
Friends near Bodmin lost a few trees each...most of one were trees marked to come down anyway...saving a bit of work
ReplyDeleteI see that trees and shrubs on St Michael's Mount were taken out - something like 80% of them. Like the hurricane of 1987 all over again. Your friends will have been glad to have had the trees they were going to fell taken out by the storm.
DeleteIt has been windy here for days but now cool from the south, rather than the hot northerly’s. It’s supposed to be a high of 26degC here and I’ll take it after two days over 40 deg. The terrible fires are still burning in the north and west of the state but not near here. Last night the sky was very eerie as the sunset was bright red behind the smoke haze clouds! Some of my garden plants,particularly the camellias and hydrangeas are a bit burnt on the top.The Christmas jigsaw is not finished yet,may have to opt for the 500 piece one next also. JennyP
ReplyDeleteAs I was saying on my middle of the night post which comes next, it must be so scary to have such immense uncontrollable bush fires anywhere near you, even in the same state as strong winds could easily bring it very much closer. Sorry your garden plants are scorched but with 40 deg temps, not surprising. Yes, 500 piece jigsaws much less of a challenge (and more easily covered over to keep cats off - Pippi was trying to get her claws under the bits I'd put together yesterday, little ratbag!)
DeleteI am glad the worst of the storm missed you.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Me too. Glad I wasn't in Cornwall or the Channel Islands.
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