We had more weather last night. It was about this time last year that we had storms which blew down a concrete wall, lifted a wendy house the size and weight of a 3/4 size shed, which was weighted down with heavy duty pegs and took some of the pebbledash (called harling here), off the front of the house.

About 8pm 'the weather' stealthily crept up on us, horrendous gusts suddenly hit: there was reverse suction of air through vents that made the weirdest of noises. At one point I was cut off mid telephone call (I was using a cordless) and there was a succession of power dips. I don't know if we actually lost power, the usual tell tale signs were not evident this morning.

MUM'S FERVENT WISH FOR HER NEW-STUDENT SON

"... I HOPE THERE IS SOME WORK GOING ON IN BETWEEN THE HAPPINESS!"