Being of a nervous disposition, I have safely stored away the garden furniture in the garage for the Winter, but we have a dirty great teak 6-seater table which is so heavy that we can hardly shift it, so I had pushed that to a sheltered part of the garden. This morning I find that the wind has flung it right across the terrace into a stone wall, and it is, as you see, looking a bit secondhand. Distressed, even.
I am very pleased that the wind did not decide to throw it through the French windows, but it is still a sobering thing to witness. The table has a slatted top, which you would expect to cut down on wind-lift, and is designed to be heavy enough to be left out in all weathers - I would struggle to overturn it unaided, and it would take a sledgehammer to do that kind of damage.
The photo is for the insurers, but it seemed a pity not to share it.
Distressed indeed, quite the fashion, and thanks for the image, I got on to my interiors chap (LL-B) and asked him to source me one forthwith!
ReplyDeleteWith the rain on the 1st it's hardly a good portent given that the Maya believed it would all end this comming December...no - All, Everything, Alles!!
Happy New Year
Hugh
Hi Hugh - Good New Year to you. Don't bother with LL-B - for the right price I can let you have this one. Mind you, I'll be sending it via DPD (see previous post), so the shipping costs will be high.
ReplyDeleteI believe gusts of 102mph were recorded in Edinburgh today - they say it's the windiest day here since Boxing Day 1998 (or something) - this leads my son to ask what speed the wind was in 1998. Sadly, I must have forgotten that one.
Everything ending in December would be something of a bummer, right enough. Only good news is I wouldn't have to ask the relatives back for Christmas. Anyway, if the Maya knew everything, why aren't they still around. eh? EH??
...now it occurs to me - if I sent something broken by courier, do you think they might accidentally repair it in transit?
ReplyDeleteI knew it was windy last night, but didn't realise just how bad it was, I'm in the South East, whereabouts are you?
ReplyDeleteScottish Borders, roughly speaking - east of Edinburgh, on the coast.
ReplyDeleteSlatted top tables, isn't that where they got the idea of air foils from?
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