YESTERDAY’S storm has left every family in the UK mourning something snatched away in high winds. What was blown away from you?
Helen Archer, toxicologist: “My certainties. So if anyone’s downwind of Stirling, look out for them.”
Eleanor Shaw, brewing technician: “Our trampoline was blown over into next door’s garden. Luckily next door’s trampoline was blown into ours, and next-door-but-one’s into theirs, and so on in an unbroken chain stretching from Ellesmere Port to Hull.”
George Banks, junior financial officer: “An entire queue of fully qualified childminders. Instead we’ve had to hire some perky back-talking bitch to look after the kids.”
Oliver O’Connor, musician: “A 1966 red American Vintage Fender Jazzmaster worth nine grand, or that’s what I’ve told the insurance.”
Norman Steele, retired: “A beautiful 200-year-old oak tree. It was blown over into my neighbour’s house, destroying it completely along with both their cars. I don’t think I’ll ever get over the loss of that tree.”
