Monday 28 October 2013

One Minute We Had A Bus Stop , The Next ...



Having decided not to cycle to the hospital this morning , given the Red Alert , we were to take the 12 o'clock bus . But , as I stood on the balcony watching the storm just after eleven , a big tree dropped across the road and landed right  on top of the bus stop . When I phoned to cancel  , the receptionist didn't sound too surprised .
Meanwhile at the other end of the road , a smaller tree keeled over on the river bank and the lovely weeping willow lashed back and forth , branches ripping off and dropped into the water .Amazingly,  a few students were still riding their bikes up to the college and back . I wouldn't have dared .

 
I hope the storm treated you ... and your trees ... kindly . Posted by Picasa

4 comments:

rachel said...

Goodness, what drama! Sensible of you to stay home. Nothing much happened here; The Gardener, camera at the ready, was slightly disappointed....

Dawn said...

It's always wet and windy here! In fact today is horrendous, but thankfully nothing other than a forest worth of leaves piled on my front doorstep.

Friko said...

Glad to hear you are well.
The storm missed us by a few miles; it had been very stormy the previous day but Jude decided to strike elsewhere.

shandy said...

We watched the neighbour's birch lashing in the gusts, but it is a young tree and flexible. Branches ripped off older trees brought down power lines all around us although our power stayed on. Very wise to stay indoors.