Storm Darragh has arrived!

 

A quick update - Tam has been without power since middle of last night. She is losing all the food in the fridge and freezer as power won't be back on until 6 p.m. tomorrow. So I am worrying about them tonight as it is less than 13 deg in their bedroom, not ideal for a baby.  They will try to get into town tomorrow for hot food - Jon loaned their camping stove to a friend and forgot to get it back . . .  I will try and get over on Monday - we have very bad flooding in the town and onwards towards Newbridge-on-Wye and in the opposite direction towards Erwood (and onto Hay-on-Wye - Glasbury very bad too.) Monday would be the earliest I could get to them, if flooding on the route to them has also subsided. I've told her I will restock the fridge and freezer for them and try and bake up a storm of home made ready meals. Danny managed to make it back to Carmarthen from Swansea where they were last night.  Having to stay overnight in Carmarthen though due to power outages at the caravan.  Gabby is fine but didn't get much sleep last night with the noise of the gale.

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Storm Darragh is making its presence felt here, so I am having a bra-free stay-at-home day and about to go up and work on Gabby's quilt (final bit) in case we lose power.  Worse storm of the year, that's for certain, and half of Wales on shut-down - both the bridges over the River Severn are closed, and there is no train link beyond Cardiff due to trees on the line (flooding too I should imagine, especially on the Heart of Wales line that goes past us).   Worryingly all my offspring are in the Red Alert area.  Gabby is going out for a meal with friends (in a taxi she tells me), Tam and Rosie staying put (but Jon has to go to work in Aber) and Danny is in Swansea - but won't be driving back until the wind has dropped this afternoon.  The cats have decided that Staying In is a good idea today and who can blame them?

My computer mouse has just died but fortunately I had a spare, and have just ordered another as I can't get on with the touchpad at the bottom of the keyboard, and certainly can't play online games with it.

Feeling sorry for the folk who HAVE to be out in this -delivery vans, lorries, people getting to essential jobs.  Hope they all keep safe.  Needless to say there will be flooding too (currently 119 flood alerts across the UK,  not just in Wales, where we have 31 in place) and 90 mph gales up in N. Wales.  All sorts of Christmas fairs and activities cancelled and I cannot tell you how relieved I felt when I heard that today's antiques fair was cancelled, though our friend running it will be very much out of pocket.

Right, up to my sewing machine.  I have done a nice border at the top to make the quilt deeper, and now wish I had used this border for the entire quilt!  I will answer the personals later.