The Met Office have upgraded the warning for tomorrow as follows: Red weather warning issued  Strong and damaging winds across parts of Wales and southwest England  Saturday 0300 – 1100 Our advice changes in such circumstances to, do all you can today, but any checking approach during the day tomorrow should only be considered in extremis in the red zone and very carefully indeed risk assessed. Beware too the boundaries are changing of the zones, as more data comes in. Checks may need to wait until Sunday. NB: Many are postponing anything planned for tomorrow to allow safety at home in the red zone and extreme caution in the amber. This needs to apply to your sites. We aren't aware from our systems, at present, of any education visit/DofE activities, but obviously these need to be reconsidered. Met Office Chief Forecaster, Jason Kelly, said:  “The worst impacts from Storm Darragh will be felt as we go through the early hours of tomorrow morning and throughout Satur...

  Amber warning for South West England Between 03:00 (UTC) on Sat 7 Dec 2024 and 21:00 (UTC) on Sat 7 Dec 2024 It lists the following areas in the vulnerability zone. We can't, at present, understand how Bristol, for example, is spared by the storm, especially when you look at the map issued - copied below! Of course, a straight line is shown as a boundary, whether the storm adheres to that is a different thing!  South West England Bath and North East Somerset  Cornwall  Devon  Dorset  Isles of Scilly  North Somerset  Plymouth  Somerset  Torbay In light of this you may wish to be proactive and ensure all is brought in/tied down, etc. tomorrow in anticipation, and that an inspection regime is in place in case there are problems that can be remedied, before return on Monday. Don't forget that a good look at your trees, if you have them, is necessary, just in case there's damage of some sort that may not have caused it to fall and be obviou...