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Post by julie on Jan 18, 2007 15:17:42 GMT
Have just got in from trying to weight down the corrugated roof over the feedroom - I am 5ft 3" and have a bad shoulder - typically chap who helps around the place was here till 12, husband away in Suffolk, so it was muggins on top of the bonnet of my car, trying to lift breeze blocks over my head to throw on top of roof sheet!! Why are men never around when you need them? Have also, in addition to aforementioned brick and several bricks managed (with cleaners help) to push up pair of heavy aluminmum ladders ... the puppies are in the stable which is back to back with all this and the sheeting we'd put up across the door to keep weather out is flapping away madly. I also managed to find a couple of long nails to bash in at one end.
This is happening live Malvern - havent turned ponies out as field is like a lake - how are you all fairing out there? According to the met the gusts are up to 60 mph....going to feed ponies in field in a bit I hope they are going to be OK!
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Post by tanina on Jan 18, 2007 15:54:34 GMT
Moved the colts accross a field this am, as their normal one was getting so muddy, & checked all the other turn out ponies whilst trying to stay on my feet. Kara my German Sptitz, insisted on coming with me, but after being bowled over 3 times gave up & made me carry her!!
Then went to lunch time NCPA meeting & when came back, (2 hrs later) the one I had moved them out of was under water!!!!
Only good thing is the wind isn't cold!!! just b£$%^y strong.
Decided I'm not riding with the children tonight!!
Tanina
Forgot to say we are between Derby & Burton on trent
& children now not riding either!!!
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Post by ferret on Jan 18, 2007 16:03:57 GMT
its awful here too ( up north from malvern ) trees blown over in road etc .....our stables are quite old wooden buildings ...hope they are still there ( at work till 5.30 ...:-(! )
was supposed to be clipping very furry conni tonight ..but think i will put it off till weekend to save ' death by flying fur ' !!!!
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Post by clobo121082 on Jan 18, 2007 17:02:02 GMT
I'm stuck in london all my trains are cancelled and apparently the roof has been blown of at London Bridge so that is closed to!! Oh dear, i just want to go home!!
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Post by ferret on Jan 18, 2007 17:12:19 GMT
oh no clobo121082 ....that is not good !!! Do you have to get someone to do your ponies for you ? ! !!!
All motorways and bridges are closed up here .....road near work shut cos of fallen tree ...now got to go over moors to ponies ...might get blown away up there !!!
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Post by armada on Jan 18, 2007 20:28:01 GMT
Got called into work today to take two hgv's to various places, one up the rather breezy M2 to Rochester then to Essex, took two and half hours to do a 45 minute trip because the Dartford bridge was shut and one of the two northbound tunnels had to take the traffic. Then Sevenoaks was nearly closed due to trees in the roads. Another huge detour to collect the next monster truck, traffic awful through Maidstone - operation stack in force and motorway shut. Could'nt get home by usual route and got taken on a back route by a collegue down flooded and blocked single track roads with some nutter in a BMW trying to keep up with two 4x4's cos he had'nt a clue where he was going. (we eventually lost him). When I eventually got home I found the stallion fencing leaning but still standing, the house in one piece and the stable roofes still on. And one very cheesed off yearling standing by her bucket tyre waiting for a late supper. Luckily it seems to have calmed down a bit.
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Post by nightmare on Jan 18, 2007 20:32:38 GMT
Bad news in the South West, roofs gone off everything and trees taken fencing down. Now consuming large bottle of wine.
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Post by Molly on Jan 18, 2007 22:48:03 GMT
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Post by Molly on Jan 19, 2007 7:39:43 GMT
Overbent- I am down south too & its horrid, the wind is still terrible this morning!!
I too hope jade goody gets evicted!
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Post by windy woo on Jan 19, 2007 8:10:48 GMT
The wind is terrible up here in cheshire next doors roof blew off and the sheets of my dads new cow buildin, horses stables survived tho. It was quite funny when the guy next door thought he could fix his roof and climbed up the ladder and started messing about on the roof!!!! what not to do in this weather hey!  |
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Post by lolly on Jan 19, 2007 8:29:37 GMT
O wasnt it horrid, a horrid day in all yesterday
Part of stable roof blown off with cob in it, but she didnt seem over bothered. Good job not one of the others.
All electric fencing a chaos....
Our side fence totally smashed and blown off.
Just awful and that Jade Goody is a embarrasment to Britain, but what can you expect with a mother like that..yuk. I dont think she is racist but she is a horrid nasty bully who's career I think has come to a end. I hope I never see her on telly, or in the papers again, ....can I say that on here
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Post by sallyw on Jan 19, 2007 9:06:37 GMT
Have awful flu - big lump on wrist where wheebarrow blew into me - our village on tv national news (Dorridge) as one of worst for fallen trees on cars etc (thankfully not mine) -Who the hell is Jade Goody, have I miss something here or am I too ill to think!!
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Post by skint on Jan 19, 2007 9:35:52 GMT
Overbent - I am so sorry for laughing, it just seems to always happen to you - not the normal carrier bag flying over the stable door in the wind - a dustbin lid - really sorry but you always make me chuckle I wish I could have been a fly on the wall
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Post by Summertime on Jan 19, 2007 12:58:25 GMT
[-Who the hell is Jade Goody, have I miss something here or am I too ill to think!![/quote]
sorry to hear about your flu fetherstone, Jade Goody is the non celebrity girl from an earlier big brother channel 4 show that went on to become a semi-celebrity that then got invited back to appear on celebrity big brother! did you follow that??
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Post by julie on Jan 19, 2007 13:13:52 GMT
and what's worse is that she apparently, through being stupid ("gormless" springs to mind) ill educated and a bit of a slapper has amassed some £4 million in the process.
Try explaining the necessity of school work/ decent behaviour/ pride in achievement to today's children when they see the biggest rewards seem to go to footballer's girlfriends/very *friendly* persons/pop stars with no talent other than that of being able to snort/inject illegal substances....its a real tragedy that BB represents a far greater proportion of the UK population than you dare think.
Oh dear. Off soapbox now....
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Post by pho3nix on Jan 19, 2007 13:45:43 GMT
couldn't agree more!
she and jack are complete morons!
"why dont Eskimo's turn into iceycubes?" - Jade
"why do i have nipples? I dont milk babies with them" - Jack
"every part of me has a use" - jack - obviously ur brain doesn't
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Post by pinecreststud on Jan 19, 2007 13:48:50 GMT
Well we have lost all our stables 3 blocks of them one block went when 2 horse in that one got others out before other 2 blocks went. so got some stableless ponies for a bit.
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Post by julie on Jan 19, 2007 14:00:33 GMT
How awful! Are the ponies ok? Were they in at the time? What a horrific thing to happen!
Few trees down around here but ponies in field seem to be ok though the pictures in the Daily Mail from around the country make you realise most of us got away lightly...
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Post by lolly on Jan 19, 2007 14:01:41 GMT
Thats awful pinecrest, the most important thing is that no ponies or people were hurt. I hope you get sorted soon
Fetherston HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON X
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Post by pinecreststud on Jan 19, 2007 14:12:47 GMT
Thanks the 1st block had the d 2yr old colt and T/B mare(in foal) in there 2 stables the sheep and kittens in the other stable, all out safely dont think will get the 2 horses back in a stable again for a while, but like I've said and everyoe else at leaste the animals are ok and at end of day buildings can be replaced not the animals.
We are in west yorks area nr huddersfield just unlucky i think but as the saying goes "what dosent break you makes you stronger" hope its true.
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Post by sallyw on Jan 19, 2007 17:18:57 GMT
Thanks for good wishes - it is a good excuse for a hot toddy! I knew I should have watched Big Brother - I want to know how to make 4 million by being gormless. I seem to just make 4p by trying hard!! We now have electricity back on so might make an effort to watch it.
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