Did we have a storm last night?

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    Did we have a storm last night? I ask as I woke up to find half of one of my Acanthus clumps flattened....................
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    As you can see, they're not tiddlers or flimsy....................
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    It was inevitable really as I spent an hour watering.
     
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      I woke at 3.00am with the winds howling outside but thought I was dreaming and was out like the light
       
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        Sorry to hear about your Acanthus plants Longk as they look like they were well grown plants.We have seen loads of them in flower this week but I could only think of the name I know them by and that is Bears Breeches:biggrin:
         
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          Bother :sad:
           
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            We had a cracker of a storm around 2am - only lasted 20 minutes really, but by hokey it was violent
             
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              It was sparking like a very sparking thing, apparently I was snoring thru it though :doh:
               
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                I love a good thunderstorm - couldn't resist shoving my head round the curtains :biggrin:
                 
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                  I was up during the storm as the dogs got a bit excited. It certainly went for it didn't it?
                   
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                    That explains it then. I slept through it all.
                     
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                      I'm having one right now (didn't get one last night though)
                       
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                        Blimey I don't know how you slept through it, there was so much lightening it was like a stroboscope indoors through the curtains - and constant thunder.
                         
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                          Despite being a chronic insomniac, once I'm asleep that's it! The only thing that could ever wake me was a fully loaded VC 10 taking off from Brize in damp air.
                           
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                            Blimey - is that your alarm clock?

                            *Note to self: longk is eating away at our military budget just to get up in the morning!* :heehee:
                             
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                              I don't need an alarm clock! It just happens.

                              As far as the VC 10's go, they are no more:frown: I think that is sad.
                               
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                                Looking at the radar, it looks like it turned east just before it got to us. Shame, because this humid air needs something to break it.
                                 
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