STORM 11TH JANUARY 2005
Rather too interesting a night!!! The Highlands and Islands got hit by storm force winds. Here we probably got gusts over 80mph and maybe more. We were not as bad as some places and we got off pretty lightly with damage. What was most remarkably was the tide. There is seaweed on all the fences right up to the top of the north field. Incredible! We are lucky to be so far from the tide line - it must have been very frightening for anyone closer.
We have more pictures to add later.

The cover got caught by some flying ???? on this side. Once nicked its integrity failed and the plastic ripped along its full length. Fortunately it held on the farther side and in the middle of the height of the gale we managed to stuff the whole thing down between the infoboards and the tunnel structure so preventing it from disappearing into blue yonder. - or worse wrapping itself around the elecky poles. Fortunately its not going to cost a great deal to replace but its finding a dry, still day to do it in !!!!. Its the absolutely wrong time of year as its to warm enough to get the plastic really tight but we will have to work that out in the summer.

Fenceline showing the extent of the tide. Beyond is the creek pretty full. That is about an hour after the next tide which was higher than the one the night before on paper!!!. The line of trees at the bottom of the field are just the other side of our fence and the previous highest tide line of seaweed and debris was about 5 ft seaward side of them.
As you can see this was not the case on Tuesday night!!!! The fence line [which is running east - west] shows the collection of reeds, rashes, seaweed and other tidal debris, indicating the level of the seawater that night. Before this there was not so much as any on the march fence. This was not crashing waves simply the level of the water. The general consensus of opinion was that the 3.9m tide was increased by 1.3m that night with storm surge. It continued to rise for nearly an hour after high tide. "astonishing!!" The shed "was" about 50m south in the middle of the field. The telegraph pole beside it was 120m south by the paddocks other fence. The bale [sodden before] was close to the house in the middle of the field. These all floated into the fence.

In case you cannot see the line of the debris

During the storm

Clearing up the tree which fell over the drive