It was a lovely crisp spring morning this morning – a slight frost but sun and practically no wind. Ideal weather for a ride in the woods again… Oh oh oh; what a scene of destruction. The first 200 metres, I counted some 8 felled trees. All in all, the small part of the woods [...]
Feb 282010
What a day. This morning it was absolutely heaving it down when we got up; hissing down when we left for the horses, almost dry on the way and rain again as we drove into Schinveld! Still, by the time we had the horses groomed and saddled up, it was dry and the sun was [...]
BBC News – Deadly storms lash Spain, Portugal and France. Xynthia is now hammering Schalbruch
Feb 282010
Probably not a good idea to go and see if our roof tiles are still intact – the neighbour over the road has already lost four…
Feb 282010
It is quite literally blowing a gale here – the average wind speed is 37kt with gusts to 49kt. Official Beaufort force 8 gale…
