I thought it was about time I ventured out and started capturing items in my village. At the weekend we had 2 terrible storms roaring through the county causing major destruction within the village.
Both storms ravaged the village during the night and I had already had to go up the street at midnight to retrieve the recycling bin that I had put out for the early morning collection.
During the night the wind howled and the rain hammered down onto my bungalow roof. At one point I thought the tiles above my bedroom were lifting and I could hear the TV aerials and the satellite disc rattling in the wind. I didn't sleep well and looked at my bedside clock several times during the night.
In the morning I ventured out to put the bins away and looked for any damage on my home and patio. It was time to open the front blinds when I was confronted with such devastation. Part of a road sign lay in the front garden, just below the bird feeders. It had been ripped apart before being thrown to the ground.
Now I might have stretched my imagination, just a little perhaps. This was a plastic sign that had been tied to a lamppost outside my home, and it wasn't a proper road sign, but there to remind drivers that 30mph was fast enough in the village. In fact it was the only damage I saw in the main street, but it could have been a major disaster if someone had roar along the road at 35mph couldn’t it.
We are having summer storms here and thunder every day for the last 4 days. Hot and humid here though.