Jonathan: After windy night with heavy rain, a Severe Gale in now progress. Not cyclonic, just a head -on onslaught out of the west. Thankfully it’s dry – and in fact the sun is shining. Normally a straight westerly is no problem to us at An Garradh Mor, but alas Abigail, which was categorized as a Storm, and presumably the Hurricanes, Severe Storms and just Storms of last winter must have taken their toll on the house, because I’ve just heard something go rattling across the roof tiles. On going out to investigate there’s two gutter brackets at the back of the house, and a length of gutter on the office dormer flapping in distres – which could wreak much more damage. Alas can’t do anything about it until tomorrow afternoon, as I’ll need to put up ladders and scaffold towers, and the severe gale continues through the night until late tomorrow morning. Should have some spare brackets somewhere – I’ll find them out ready. As if I don’t have enough to do! Island Life!!