The burning of the brash in the field behind us of another one of the huge tress blown over by #stormamy last year has provided a great bed of embers for a spontaneous bbq. It was a beautiful beech tree and it was over 120 years old.
#extremegardening #homestead #highlands #woodland

Drawing - Ink-Paint - on watercolour paper - 29x42cm - Linda Sgoluppi

Drawing while Storm Amy was battering the windows and doors of a remote house in Wales where I was odd. Drawing became about a quiet, creeping sense of solitude that comes with time, the way the world subtly recedes as people leave our lives, through death, or just distance. The wilder the storm grew the odder the act of drawing felt. The pen moved freely, and where the black paint had pooled, dried and felt too heavy, I gently ground it, and some ink away. I didn’t feel buffeted by being in the full force of Storm Amy even though I went outside to experience it, I was being lashed by horizontal rai, the wind howled enough to set nerves on edge and waves crashed enough to wash cliffs away. I was outside and was being buffetted, but buffetting seemed to come more from drawing this drawing.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Art #Drawing #StormAmy #LindaSgoluppiArt

Roof Update: 184 days after Storm Amy the insurance repair is completed. The decorator is finished in our bedroom and we will hopefully get our belongings out of storage very soon. Deep sighs. #StormAmy #Repair
Storm Amy’s destructions are still very visible.
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#forest #stormamy #greenforest #fogimages #naturephotography
Roof Update: wall now cleared in the main. We did find a lot of sand and rubble behind the lathe. It is likely that this was causing our damp problems - acting as a wick between the stone wall and the lathe and plaster interior. #HouseRestoration #StormAmy #Damp
House Update: roofer back today because we had a new leak 😭😭😭 - turned out he missed a but of lead flashing - so no harm done and is replacing it today. A much more serious problem is the other wall which is causing a lot of consternation. Today’s job is stripping it out to see if there’s any rubble behind causing the damp to gather. Then we’ll need it framed and boarded which I cannot do myself so hoping to get a price next week. Need to get this done before the insurance guys come back to decorate. #OldHouse #StormAmy #Insurance
@ai6yr Yes - been a huge saga, we have storm damage from #StormAmy (7th Oct) and then a series of issues with insurance and repair but now on the right track. Been a long time camping in our spare room.
Roof Update!! Our Roof is fixed! Scaffolding to come down over the weekend and indoor work to start on Wednesday.
#StormAmy #Repair #Insurance

A #Yorkshireman working on a #NorthSea #oilrig rescued an #owl that had been blown nearly 300km off course by #StormAmy - he fed her for a few days and she was collected by a #wildlife sanctuary in #Shetland , checked over by #vets and released

(it is impressive the lad was able to catch an owl and even had all the kit ready to look after her!)

#Scotland #Yorkshire #UK #bird #wildlife

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgde0pl040o

Owl rescued from North Sea platform and released back into wild

The short-eared owl was found on the Noble Patriot platform 180 miles (290km) off Shetland.

BBC News
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage | The-14

Nearly 75,000 farmed salmon escaped in Scotland after Storm Amy, threatening endangered wild salmon through genetic pollution and long-term ecological damage.

The-14 Pictures