lets hope every one keeps safe but  parts of the s/e power looks iffy as my lights dime

http://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/fault-map/

Had a gust of 43mph earlier - was expecting it to be a bit higher by now.

lets hope folks with medical conditions and the very old can keep power many trees are still in full leaf around here as sparks fill the night sky from the cables.

Blowey And noisey out there with some broken cloud.

very windy evening across that middle belt as the wind roars on

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/#?map=GustSpeed&fcTime=1447749000&zoom=5&lon=-4.00&lat=55.21

Getting a move on now just into the North Sea

http://meteocentre.com/analyses/map.php?lang=en&map=eur_full&area=eur&size=large

Power has just been restored here in rural Oxfordshire after an hour's cut. Wind has eased but was wild. Somebody across the road's bin blew over...

Thanks to my new digital aids, I can now actually hear the gale force westerly wind whistling over my house, but at least it's dry and clear so we haven't got to be dealing with flooding issues for now.

Gale to severe gale force gusts here at times through the evening.

Drove down the M6 tonight at 9pm, lots of roadwork signs and cones moving around or blown over. Quite tricky conditions with being blown all over the road, my drive coincided with the peak winds I believe. 

The shopping centre sign at Fort Park has fallen in Birmingham and a lampost fell on the M6 blocking it as well, so some minor damage around.

Due to the pace of the system I don't think there are too many issues to contend with.

Wasn't too bad here, a few strong gusts but the trees with a fair amount of leaves still clinging on are making it sound worse than it is I think

My strongest gust was only 38 km/h... can hear it rushih by the 4 trees near the bungalow....

It is pretty unbelievable that the Fort tower went over, thankfully no one was injured, it is not small by any means and could easily be seen from the M6 as it is fairly close.

Just very wind with squalls.   Cold have done better with all the mentions of it... When is the next one.....

Squally for a while. but nothing particularly out of the ordinary. On the commute this morning, there was a lot of small branches strewn around on the roads and I saw a couple of blown-over fence panels. That sign in Birmingham looks spectacular, though!!