Storm Amy..everyone ok?

Currently getting hammered with the wind. Farans in as he was soaked through earlier. He has no natural shelter in his track so I prefer him in out of storms as his stable is an old byre with foot thick sandstone and lime stone walls.
 
Middle of the night was very calm in Birmingham, both dogs seized the opportunity to demand to go outside for a toilet break that didn’t require sprinting. I mean it’s windy and wet but being in the middle it’s a lot milder then most the country! Though driving under oak trees on the way to buy shavings last night and I thought the windscreen would smash from the amount of acorns pelting it! 😅 I really wanted to shut my eyes! 🫠🫠
 
southerncomfort said:
We're at an elevation of 370m so it gets pretty wild up here. Its all farmland around so no trees to act as a windbreak.

I have attempted to plant trees to provide a windbreak with a 0% success rate so far.
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Have you tried a hedge? When we lived in a caravan (not a mobile home) we let the field hedge alongside it grow until it was higher than the caravan. Kept us safe even when a tornado went through that took parts of roofs off further down
 
Errin Paddywack said:
Have you tried a hedge? When we lived in a caravan (not a mobile home) we let the field hedge alongside it grow until it was higher than the caravan. Kept us safe even when a tornado went through that took parts of roofs off further down
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We started planting hedging a dozen or so years agoand now that the neighbours who were poisoning it have moved, it's making a fabulous windbreak for the horses. We've planted some all round the boundary now and they seem to be doing pretty well.
 
My bird feeder has flown across the garden.

The cat went out and I wish I'd videoed him flying back through the cat flap and doing a sliding stop to make a reiner proud.

Girding my loins to mission to the field. There's at least one tree down I'll have to divert round.

I did not sleep well last night it was weirdly hot!?
 
Very windy this morning here in Lincolnshire. It’s been windy and rained quite a lot overnight. Horses are all in, they have been seen yesterday morning. Mostly because the Friesian hates wind and gets quite stressed and he doesn’t need to be running about when his suspensory branch is still healing. The wind here does have a chill to it but apart from that it’s quite warm. The boys do have a field shelter but one edge of the roof is being held down by old hay bales (it should be quite secure as it’s pretty heavy tbh) but I still worry about it blowing away or trees falling down and then getting injured. They seem quite happy in although clearly nobody has told them there is a hay shortage as they are eating their body weight in hay. It’s this years off our land so good stuff but at the rate they are going we won’t have enough for the whole winter as we didn’t manage to get a second cut. Farmer is still going to try in our bottom field if it dries up but warned us it could go wrong and not make but got to be worth a try! Hopefully the wind will ease and horses can go back out later and normality can resume!
 
West Yorks and up on the moors.
Wet and wild here but nothing more than usual for us for stormy weather.

Horses have moved into the field shelter.

I’m flying out on holiday early evening and doesn’t look like the gales will subside. I’m not wild about flying so not looking forward to a bumpy take off!
 
We lost a hayloft window on the old brick stable building at the yard- glass everywhere. Fortunately it’s not been used for years.

The wind has also flung open a brand new window on one of the storage sheds and cracked the inside pane. YO will be delighted as they only went in last month…

It’s awful here. I’m so glad I kept the horses in today.
 
Nearly could get the the yard with trees down ponies dry under their rugs and hunkered down with plenty to eat. Electric fence is feeling the strain though.
 
My live out horses were very happy to go in their stables and eat this morning. It’s wild atm but our forecast was for the worst of it between 8 & 12 today so will venture back out after lunch to check all ok and do jobs. Some flooding affecting roads and localised power cuts. Hopefully on it’s way now 🤞🏻
 
Actually calmed down a bit overnight.

Was wet and blustery first thing, but no more than usual. Was supposed to pick up again between 10 and 12, but luckily I'm at work and Mr SC is on pony duty!
 
Mine are out and seem pretty oblivious to the wind. They’re choosing to be out grazing rather than in their shelter, my fields slope and they’ve stood themselves in a bit of a dip. I’m out this afternoon and hope everything is in one piece when I get back! So far just branches down and stuff blowing about (my scoop went flying while poo picking this morning!) but like others have said my electric fencing is under strain.
 
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