A mighty wind

[GRIZZLY]

All a bit of an anticlimax at the moment. very little wind but a deluge of rain. More wind this coming week. Bright sunshine and pouring rain at the moment. There seems to be a lot of late brood this year so having to feed maintenance rations at the moment. They are storing some tho' . Be nice if they stay strong into the winter and beyond.

[Bridget]

we had a strong wind here yesterday afternoon but just rain and some sun since

[gavin]

Hope that you've all got your chosen number of bricks - or hunks of Orkney stone - on them! It must be, oh, two and a half months since the last storm.

[Jon]

Bad here as well. I will have to get out and check everything in the afternoon when the wind has died down.

[gavin]

Tried to drive along the Carse of Gowrie this morning and met three trees down over roads (all now made passable) and one that had brought telephone lines down over the road too. All the bridges shut, all the trains off, level crossing stuck in the down position too. There could be a few hive roofs off, or hives toppled. Will check later.

[The Drone Ranger]

3 hives blown over -- strapped together doubles
1 mini nuc the keiler blown down and in bits (2 mini nucs left now)
Snowing a bit as I type
Door off shed completely
Two chicken houses on their sides
No trees down this time
Bad weather for a comb over

This is a cheerful link while hiding indoors
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1Chqxk

[Jon]

Now you have made me nervous. Must get out to check mine later.
The apideas and the stuff in the Garden is OK.

We used to reckon Ralph Coates set the standard for combovers.
Bobby Charlton was so passé.

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By happy chance or perhaps anticipating the wind I had a number 2 cut yesterday so my head is not compromised by the storm conditions.

[beejazz]

Took me awhile to work out what a com bover was!

[gavin]

A couple of stacks of unused boxes over, two wooden hives shifted on their stands, hair dishevelled, and Invergowrie has turned completely white. I suspected something was up as I couldn't see a thing driving back. The whiteness not the hair. Which is turning white anyway.

Bees all OK though.

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[The Drone Ranger]

Hi Gavin
Hives back upright shed still out of commission
Welded one hinge back on (tacked really)
Opened the thing to get at the inside of the hinge
Door fell off landed on welding mask (auto darkening cheapo) smashed into a pile of bits
Getting dark now glad the day is over

Hope we don't get much more of this weather