I'm currently in Egham, Surrey (not at home as indicated in my location).
Looking out of my window, it's difficult to believe that there was actually a storm at all, Not a single branch or tree down in the gardens. Same goes for Hampton Hill, although apparently Bushy Park and all of the rest of the Royal Parks were closed for the majority of the day. A recent tweet suggests they only lost about 50 of their 130,000 trees.
Englefield Green, just SW of here suffered more damage (maybe due to its exposure?) and many of the homes there were without running water for most of the morning.
It seemed to really kick up around 5am, and was especially windy just after 6am, but it died its death pretty quickly here, becoming only moderately breezy from about 8:30am onwards.
Good luck to all those without power still!
Originally Posted by: Fun in the Sun