storm doris

just had to turn all ours out as several panels of the barn roof have come loose so wind getting under and worried roof might lift....very exposed here and wind horrendous. ours dont go out for long in winter and seem to want in quite quickly but im surprised they are relatively settled out, think they were worried about the roof too !! power is off here too so will leave them out as long as possible before it gets dark then catch in hoping wind has dropped by then. rain, cold, snow i can tolerate. i HATE wind with a passion, causes so much damage and i worry about the roof, fencing etc....roll on spring
 
Out as normal. I may get them in early tonight if I can get away from work as they always appreciate coming in early when it's miserable. Having said that, It's not too bad here today. The last 2 or 3 days have been worse.
 
Mine lives out and have just had to cut her rug off her as she'd broken the rear straps and was wearing it as a bib and panicking.

Can't get near her with a new rug so will try again when the wind drops.
 
Heard you guys down south have had it bad. It was windy here yesterday but nothing horrific and despite having blizzards forecast today, all it did was snow heavily in the morning (no wind at all) which then turned to rain so its pretty much all gone. Perfectly normal day in Scotland ;)
 
We have the swinging garden seat in bits, a gate off its hinges, the green house is no more, RIP greenhouse, now what am I going to do for growing my summer salads and bits missing off the garden room roof, Horses are ok, girls slept through it but Ted is a bit hyper.

Put into perspective, a lady lost her life in Wolverhampton town centre after street furniture hit her head.
 
Not been hit by Doris here in Spain. But 2 weeks ago got hit by a belter with 180km/hr winds. Woke up to find both field shelters without a roof and half the walls missing. Our house also suffered damage. The metal posts for the leccy fencing in the paddock were all bent at 30deg angle at the base and the tape was shredded in bits and strewn across the paddock. Horses were amazingly still in the field although drenched to the bone, and to say jittery woud be an understatement. Took 2 days for me to be able to get close enough to pat them.
Hope everyone's horses out there are ok in Doris. No fun.
 
Ours went out today, same as usual. We're right at the foot of the downs so were fairly sheltered, I thought they seemed to be pretty chilled as I brought them in, no huge holes in the field from hijinks ! But obviously famous last words as when I had a proper look at one of them I discovered he'd gouged a deep hole on the inside of his near fore, and had a less serious scratch in the same place on his off fore!
I have no idea how he did it, scoured the field and no sign of debris/ loose fencing that could have caused injury, all shoes still intact and no signs of blood on any of his other shoes, as I initially assumed he managed to kick himself?
Luckily once the dramatic looking bleeding was cleaned up it wasn't as bad as I first thought, so it's dressed and he's in as usual for the night looking very chilled - although he's taken years off my life !!
 
I got up at 3:45am and got mine in from the field before it got bad, bedded down with hay then back to bed at 6am! Have only just turned them out as it's just quietened down. Roofs have blown off, lots of trees down, alarms going off everywhere and power cuts! No major damage apart from my school fence is flattened and my cat got blown across the yard when she darted out the door!
 
When I checked before dark we had large trees down, one that narrowly missed the stable 2 blocking lane and 20m of post and rail down. It was still blowing strong then and felt unsafe being out.
 
Local horsey FB page has somebody looking for cheep feed buckets because Doris blew hers away:redface3:

Can sympathise as spent the evening chasing morning feeds down the yard. Some breakfasts may be a little lighter than they started off so there's going to be some disgruntled ponies in the morning - the lighter buckets fly best so the fatties who had the least to start with will be the most upset:D

Quite a few trees down around us on roads and the railway and the fire brigade were kept busy reattaching Waitrose's roof covering this afternoon but I think on the whole we've got away with it quite lightly so cherio Doris and don't go sending your friend Ethel round to check up on us!
 
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