Quote Originally Posted by Dubbag View Post
It's course Leicester was always more north westerly and targeting Ireland as a whole and northern Scotland. Many places further south will have had a pleasant day for sure. I lived through the famous hurricane of 1987 down on the Isle of Wight. People further north didn't know what all the fuss was about...
In 1987 I was living in the New Forest and it was scary watching trees falling in front of you when driving.