I'm in Surrey. I've never experienced such gusty winds before, not even in the north-east of Scotland where I'm originally from. Bike was on its centre stand in the drive and survived. However, casualties included large branch from maple tree in garden torn off, some fencing with trellising and mature roses blown over (these bits of the fence were the only parts not to have concrete posts in the ground), neighbour's fence blown over, other neighbour's chimney lost some bricks. Kitchen ceiling leaking.
Took the bus into work as all south western trains were cancelled. Loads of debris and flooding on the roads. Interesting to see instances of freshly cut logs still lying by the road side, presumably to be collected later.
Saw one bike on the roads this morning: red and white CBR600 with similarly attired rider.
