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We got up about 3am, could not sleep for the noise of the gales, and when we got down heard shattering glass almost continually, and looking out of the door saw the big greenhouse windows shattered or missing.
Later that morning, Bob anxious to get them repaired said we must get to Deal for glass, as the weather was cold. Trees had blocked all the roads out of Tilmanstone, and chain saws were all busy clearing. Cables were strewn over the roads, we managed to get through, with difficulty, tried several routes (Studdal etc), sometimes coming back and going another way, and finally got through to Deal but on hindsight should not have ventured out until roads were safer and cleared.
Neighbour, used to camping, parked his mobile caravan in the close and kept the kettle on the boil for everyone who depended on electricity, I think it was cut off for about 4 days - in the end the elec board put a heavy cable through our letter-box to give us all a supply until it was properly repaired.
Lots of the lovely beech trees were uprooted in the village and woodlands, a huge number of trees lost.
