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curiouswombatI must start by saying that we live on what was the windward side during this particular snow storm - and most of the snow fell on the leeward side. We had only a couple of inches.
But this video on the BBC news site shows what it is still like on the leeward side.
The farmers on my Friends' List will want to weep, I think.
One farmer has lost almost her stock as she managed to get them into the sheds - and the weight of snow on the roofs caused them to collapse, killing alost all the stock within.
This photo, which is not one of mine, it was taken by someone about 4 miles from our house, gives you the idea;
For those of you unfamiliar with UK road signs, that one is on top of a pole at least 6 feet high. It is the worst weather we have had since 1963 - and the loss of stock is probably worse this time than it was then - lambing has been so badly hit.
But this video on the BBC news site shows what it is still like on the leeward side.
The farmers on my Friends' List will want to weep, I think.
One farmer has lost almost her stock as she managed to get them into the sheds - and the weight of snow on the roofs caused them to collapse, killing alost all the stock within.
This photo, which is not one of mine, it was taken by someone about 4 miles from our house, gives you the idea;
For those of you unfamiliar with UK road signs, that one is on top of a pole at least 6 feet high. It is the worst weather we have had since 1963 - and the loss of stock is probably worse this time than it was then - lambing has been so badly hit.
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Date: 26/03/2013 02:10 pm (UTC)They are all stunned, but pulling together. Even the lady who has lost almost all her stock in the shed collapse was saying, on the radio, how she wanted to thank everyone who helped her, "including the Department of Agriculture - even though we complain about them, and I've done my share of complaining about them - but they've been good."
It made me smile - that last remark.
A much older lady than the one in the video was actually airlifted from her cottage on Saturday - and was regarding it all as a big adventure as well as a chance to meet royalty as she said it was actually Prince William who was flying the helicopter. She was almost certainly right, as he is a Search and Rescue pilot in the squadron that covers the Irish Sea area, and so our island. But she, too, is typical of her community.