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    Default How have folks down south been affected by the storms?

    We got next to nothing here in North Wales, but there have been some horrendous tales about homes being cut off from power and massive damage...

    Hope all our members in the south of the country are safe and well.

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    Marco, I have yet to venture out to service my public on my trusty steed (RM red bike), but it does not at the moment seem to have had the same effect as the '87 storm. We have power and the torrential rain we had in the night has stopped. Winds are gusting, but it is said that the worst should clear through by
    10am. I suspect we will be held back in the depot until 10ish.

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    God !

    I ventured out of the house to see the destruction, tied a safety line to the bannisters

    Hi Vis jacket on

    Out I go to check everything

    Car check
    Camper van Check
    Motor cycles Check
    Wheelie bins Check
    Roof tiles Check
    Chimney pots Check

    All OK here
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    Large willow branch down just missed my garden office

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    Just checked also

    The spider in my wing mirror is fine as well
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    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

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    Getting breezy here in the East Midlands and it's also very wet, the house was where I left it when I got up this morning so all is well
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    The tiles on our roof were rattling away last night, kept us awake I can tell you. A few fence panels down, but nothing serious. According to the BBC there was an 88 mph gust at Portland Bill during the storm, that's only a few miles away. Calmer now though.

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    Checking around first thing I saw huge winds, but we seemed to be ok 5-6am

    Then the power went, fortunately some light around by them
    Cycling seemed a little too brave so jumped in the car to come to work
    On my way out I saw a silver birch on the overhead power lines - that should explain the power loss.
    Will tell them from work, a roundabout route as there was a tree blocking my usual route in. Bits of trees down all over the place, small branches twigs, leave everywhere. Large puddles across many roads.
    Now I'm at work it's a lovely sunny day !
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