During the day the wind
dropped a little although a combination of a blazing red sky this
morning and yet another severe weather warning had prepared us for
the storm which is raging about us even as I write .
We spent much of the
day resting after last nights disturbances, having made sure that
there had been no damage and doing the necessary tidying up Pa and I
spent the afternoon drowsing before the library fire with the cat Moth for company. We ate dinner early and prepared for bed, with very
little hope of getting much sleep, we were right to be prepared!
By eight this evening
the force of the wind had increased alarmingly and has continued to
do so with every blast stronger than the last. From outside alarming
sounds of cracking and tearing, banging and bumping can be heard
although nothing can be seen.
The clock has just struck midnight.
The clock has just struck midnight.
About thirty minutes
ago a dreadful rumbling sound came from the roof above my bedroom,
and I believe that the sound must have been made by one of the roof
slates being lifted up and blown away.
It has often been said
that I “have a tile loose!” and now I have in good earnest.
I heard no crash so I
expect that the slate lodged in the guttering of the study roof
which juts out below my bedroom window. My room is high up in the
roof of the house with two dormer windows and so I am being treated
once more to the full violence of the storm, I get all the luck!!!
The cats are restless
and spend are prowling about looking for safe corners in which to
hide, if things go on like this I may consider joining them!
Who can say what the
night may bring, very little sleep I am certain, so being
philosophical about our predicament we have provided ourselves with
provisions ,should we become hungry, laid in a store of Scotch and
some Damson Gin,( a drop of the good stuff always puts heart in to
one I think”)and primed up the coffee pot. With these
comestibles and a stack of movies to watch we should be able to sit
out the storm in comfort.......always providing that the roof does
not succumb to this latest tempest! Fingers crossed.
Update
It is now three forty five and the storm seems to be at it's hight, A few moments ago the lights began to flicker and then went out, thankfully i had left a candle burning in my room and with the light from this I have been able to distribute more candles in the bathrooms and the landing and one in pa's bedroom.
For once everyone except me is asleep and so I have the darkness all to myself. Their is enough light from the moon to enable me to see across the garden to where the trees are being battered, the tall Cypress and the Silver Birch are being bent almost double as the gusts come thick and fast. I shall be unable to post this just now as the modem is out of action so I think I shall return to my bed and listen to the wind up radio for a while.
Four fifty .
The lights are back on but for how long is anyone's guess as the storm is even more fearsome than before. My son and I went downstairs a short time ago to check that all was well and to leave a lamp burning in the kitchen for the cat's convenience .
All the while the while a loud drumming noise can be heard as the wind buffets the roof and the timber frame of the house is creaking like an old sailing ship tossed on a stormy sea!
Things tend to seem less worrying when there is light and I have now been able to make some coffee upstairs using my hot water machine. Of course there is a gas hob downstairs but until my son awoke I would have been unable to carry the cups up the stairs myself.
The cat Twiggy is now curled up on my bed and is inviting me with little impatient cries to join her, it would be churlish to refuse such an offer so I shall hop back in to bed the better to stroke her pretty fur. Goodnight again......for now.
Update
It is now three forty five and the storm seems to be at it's hight, A few moments ago the lights began to flicker and then went out, thankfully i had left a candle burning in my room and with the light from this I have been able to distribute more candles in the bathrooms and the landing and one in pa's bedroom.
For once everyone except me is asleep and so I have the darkness all to myself. Their is enough light from the moon to enable me to see across the garden to where the trees are being battered, the tall Cypress and the Silver Birch are being bent almost double as the gusts come thick and fast. I shall be unable to post this just now as the modem is out of action so I think I shall return to my bed and listen to the wind up radio for a while.
Four fifty .
The lights are back on but for how long is anyone's guess as the storm is even more fearsome than before. My son and I went downstairs a short time ago to check that all was well and to leave a lamp burning in the kitchen for the cat's convenience .
All the while the while a loud drumming noise can be heard as the wind buffets the roof and the timber frame of the house is creaking like an old sailing ship tossed on a stormy sea!
Things tend to seem less worrying when there is light and I have now been able to make some coffee upstairs using my hot water machine. Of course there is a gas hob downstairs but until my son awoke I would have been unable to carry the cups up the stairs myself.
The cat Twiggy is now curled up on my bed and is inviting me with little impatient cries to join her, it would be churlish to refuse such an offer so I shall hop back in to bed the better to stroke her pretty fur. Goodnight again......for now.
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