At 0400 I reckoned on 60mph and although I had some sticks in them, the Lupins got hammered.

Then this morning I couldn't get out the Lane, a tall tree had come down and blocked it.
It's a Mill House Tree opposite and seeing it's a Private Road and they 'own' the Lane, they had to get Tree Surgeons out to clear it.
Surprisingly it only cost them £200, they were here for a good two hours sawing, chopping and putting branches through the wotsit machine.
Oh well, cut back the Lupins, have some indoors and hope what I have saved will regrow a bit, there are a fair amount of buds on the shorter bits.
Richard