Say hello to Storm Eunice, the storm of the century! Portreath, Cornwall
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Storm Eunice arrived early this morning, February 18th 2022, here in Cornwall. The headlines in the newspapers described it as the ‘Storm of the Century!’ with Cornwall sitting directly in it’s path in the red warning zone.
We visited Portreath on the North Cornish coast to see how it compared to previous Winter storms which regularly batter this stretch of coast. Eunice lacked the driving rain but certainly packed a punch with some incredibly strong winds which whipped up the sea.
Here’s our video from a storm battered Portreath, it’s called ‘Say hello to Storm Eunice, the storm of the century!’
Hello and welcome and thank you very much
Thanks for posting we always used to stay in portreath when we were kids! If I remember quite a few people have died in bad weather there! Looked bad!
As locals we have a good idea of where will be safe. Porthleven Pier and Mullion have seen fatalities over the years, unfortunately. We stay well back! Sarah :)
Great video! Hopefully the storm washes a a lot of sea glass for your beautiful paintings!
Do you know - I think you can read my mind! I was watching the waves and wondering "how much tumbling will that give the sea glass!" Sarah :)
Wow angry Sea the pictures are amazing
Thank you! Sarah :)
I was at Trevose Head , incredible winds and sea .
I bet that Trevose Head was exposed and very dramatic, Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails thanks Sarah, I tried walking to the top of the headland but impossible, managed to get as far as Constantine Bay . Incredible sea.
Oh my god ! You blew me away , so brave going there and face the storm , thank you for that.We could almost smell the sea ....great video !!Take care x Erika
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
You are a mad pair for sure. Had a sneaky feeling you would be out chasing the storm! Unlike my poor husband who is currently getting home from London on 4 buses as no trains running down here in Kent. Every one of them cancelled. Think he'd rather be on a wind-torn cliff getting blown away than sitting on 4 London buses taking hours and hours and hours and....(you get the picture) trying to get home. At least you have blown the cobwebs away this morning for sure! x J x
Oh no! Our son's girlfriend must have had a similar experience, she works in London. I hope he was glad to get home! Sarah :)
Brilliant, you saved me going to the beach
Glad I could help! LOL! A different angle to the BBC!! Sarah :)
Brave guy’s Sarah & Andrew going out there in the storm and damage Eunice has caused..Take Care..🙋♀️
Thank you! Sarah :)
Been waiting for this!! Well done! Didn't disappoint.... No power here but still worth using up my data and battery to watch (essential!)
How wonderful! Glad we made it worthwhile for you! Sarah :)
Luckily, I'm safe and sound in Staffordshire.
As good as being there, i could feel the power of the wind when you were out by the monkey hut .Many thanks for all your hard work bringing us this film.
Glad you enjoyed it, Sarah :)
Didn't the monkey hut get destroyed in 2014?
@@English-Lassthe hut on the end of the pier was destroyed in 2014 but has been rebuilt. The hut he was standing by in this video was Dead man's hut'. Managed because it used to be used to store bodies before they were picked up.
I hope you don't get swept into the sea there...
No, we were well back, and receding tide so no fear of that, Sarah :)
A buddy of mine got stationed in Cornwall after a tour of duty in Vietnam. He said it was the best place he had ever been in his life and always talked about it when he got a few mud slides in him.😎
We all can say , we've seen worse , don't panic Captain Mannering !!, I remember 2005 at the castle at Perranporth , up on the cliff, the waves were huge, and October last year at Chapel Porth the sea was evil.
I love the Norman Collier bit at the end 😁, .
I do wonder what the people in charge will come up with next to panic about ha.
Great video , thanks
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It was a big storm, no two ways about it! Sarah :)
Go home, please!
More dramatic where you are, I think the storm run out of energy by the time it got to East Anglia it was just a windy day. Thanks for sharing.💟
it certainly was an angry and potent storm, Sarah :)
I was just wondering what it was like down Cornwall, thanks for braving the storm! ❤😁
You’re welcome 😊 Sarah :)
You're mad, I tell thee, mad! You must be to go out in that weather. It was bad enough over here near St Austell but I hear the north coast was much worse. Still some high winds to come apparently but not as bad as today's. I won't be venturing out until it's calmed right down. Stay safe x
I hope you survived in St Austell! We count ourselves lucky that we had no damage. My 70 something Dad was fixing his shed roof on a ladder - must be where I get it from!! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails I'm up near Roche Rock and the wind was howling horribly around here but we seem to have survived unscathed, thanks. The large storage box I use to store my recycling bags and boxes took a wander around the front garden and the neighbour's larger one was blown over but everything else seems ok here.
Good heavens! Your Dad's a brave man. I'm in my 60's and haven't left the house since it all started to kick off! Still a couple of days of high winds to come apparently so take care and stay safe :) x
Fantastic filming take care though x
This video shows how coastal erosion can happen, thank you both for braving the storm.
They were monitoring the waves at Penzance, I think a job like that would be so interesting! Sarah :)
Hello! I've just come across this video and your channel after reminiscing with one of my work friends how bad Storm Eunice was where we live!
You got some incredible footage that shows just how powerful this storm was (nearly a year ago now omg!)
I had an, experience shall we say, after going out in what must have been 80-90mph winds, probably more!!
I'm a bit of a lightweight but never have I ever been physically thrown by a gust of wind! Absolutely unbelievable.
No beaches where I live but some incredible hills that overlook a valley for miles around.
Venturing up there in winds like this, I must have been mental. They literally BLEW ME AWAY.
I couldn't walk and was being knocked over with nearly every step I took. Was genuinely a little scary haha
Luckily I had the help of my work friend after managing to drag her out with me, so I had some help staying on my feet because I genuinely needed it!!
So glad she was with me or I would have ended up on the news having flown to some far-off county.
Glad you guys got to experience it too, and let me relive a crazy memory I had honestly forgotten about!
Keep up the videos, and keep storm chasing!! Get those winds (and you two fighting them) on camera :)
Did the seagull make it out alright?
Oh my goodness I was so worried you were both going to get blown away. That was certainly a different side of Cornwall that I haven’t seen before. I suppose your doggie was sitting at home in front of the fire. Thankyou for braving the weather to bring us another video,
We have rough weather frequently in winter, with a lot of string winds. And yes, our little brown dog was safely snoozing at home, Sarah :)
We're all good S Austell side. Many a tree down but no harm to anyone, unlike the big iconic tree in Bude that went.
I saw that! It just went! Amazing! Seems trees are more of a problem than the sea! Sarah :)
Absolutely love these guys
I would be embarrassed if they hit my local area with a red warning for what is essentially par for the course for other parts of the UK… are they trying to say southerners are softies or something?
We get a lot of stormy weather here in Cornwall too, probably because we stick out into the Atlantic, Sarah :)
Roll on summer.
oh yes! Sarah :)
So exhilarating! Thanks for braving the winds. That poor seagull! Here at La Jolla, a curved protective seawall (built in 1930 to create a safe place for children to swim) juts out into the Pacific Ocean, similar to the quay (key?) there in Portreath. I love walking out to the end during a storm (there is new railing), waves splashing my feet. Kindred spirits, you two. :)
The quay in Portreath is shut to pedestrians now, although I remember walking along it as a child! Sarah :)
Hope you had a nice hot cornish pasty when you got back indoors
LOL! Hot chocolate for me! Sarah :)
Thanks for posting, can't believe how wild it is down there. We visited Portreath from Glasgow on January 2nd and done a section of the south west coast path, it was a beautiful day. Take care. 🇬🇧
Such a rich mix our weather delivers! Sarah :)
That's a nasty storm but beautiful, too. I'd be in hunkering down in that ale house. Lovely views of the Cornish coast. Thanks for sharing. We are coming into hurricane season here in Florida and I'm not looking forward to it.
Thanks for the video guys.Take care, stay safe.
Thanks, you too! Sarah :)
Wow That was a pretty wild one😀Thanks for sharing👍
Thanks for watching! Sarah :)
I’m blown away by this video!
Thanks very much Andrew and Sarah for braving the storm.
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
Portreath is my local beach and I was there in the afternoon. Pards
We saw you on someone else's video! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails haha love Sundays
lost my summerhouse roof and a selection of tiles off the main building at 10.10 am East Taphouse pl14
Crikey.I am in Pelynt and not that bad. Tied dustbins and stuff down though. Good luck.
@@cynthiastogden7000 will upload a short video this evening, my cctv caught it.
Short video on my channel.
Oh no! Poor you! We were lucky, no damage here, Sarah :)
Your both brave today in storm Eniuce
Cheers! Sarah :)
My hat blew off !
Andrew nearly took his hat and I did look at him as if to say, "Really?" Sarah :)
Absolute terrible weather. You were both really brave to go out in it.
Chaos here in South Wales too. Lost fences this time but others so much worse off. My 35ft Sycamore tree came down in 2017. It was awful. Luckily nobody hurt but my neighbours house had part of my tree in his garden for a couple of days, until I got people in to remove it.
Another bad day of it forecast for tomorrow as well. Hate wind more than any other type of weather. Can be so deadly and destructive. Hope you got home safely. 🏡
It seems buildings and trees pose a huge risk in storms, and can be so devastating. Days of mizzle is my worst weather, getting wet even though its not properly raining! Luckily we had not damage at home, Sarah :)
Did that empty can just give up on life ?
I know! It was amazing to watch it being hurled around! Sarah :)
Storms are terrifying and exciting all rolled into one! I’m glad you were safe but where are your wooly hats! Poor seagulls 😜 Thanks for the entertainment!
Totally sums it up - terrifying and exciting! Sarah :)
Wow, such brave friends! So glad you took precautions…but the wind! Oh my my, so strong yet amazing footage. It would be grand to see it once it’s calm and sunny, i’m sure it’s beautiful … loved the houses on the green hill, they look so amazing just being strong against the sea air…lovely … glad you guys are safe…thank you for sharing your windy adventure with us…Ana 🌹
Hi Ana, yes amazing weather! Nature definitely has a whole array of moods! Sarah :)
Wow amazing. We kayaked there last year and it was as calm as bath water - Not even a ripple. Wish I was there today, but NOT in the kayak 🤣
Oh gosh! Yes, not good weather for kayaking! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew. Love seeing the effect Cornwall had with this wind. Was it raining or was it the wind blowing the waves as they broke? Either way it was very dramatic and interesting.
Thank you! That was wholly sea spray whipped up by the wind, no rain at all! Sarah :)
Thank you so much for posting. I really wanted to go out to my local beach today where I knew that I could be safe, but there are a lot of tree lined lanes on the route there, so I decided to watch it on the webcams instead. Unsurprisingly they were almost all down. Your footage really captures the atmosphere and the power of the wind and waves. So glad you got home safely!
Thank you! It seems that the trees are most deadly in this type of weather and fortunately, we were able to stay at a safe distance from the waves, Sarah :)
Oh my word, this is some serious weather! Fantastic to watch from my safe living room 😁 Thank you for the great effort in making interesting videos 🥰
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
Thank you for blowing and moistening yourselves and for exposing us to the dangers of flying parts. You have perfectly translated the overwhelming power of the storm into pictures. Thanks for the video. Best regards, Gunter
Our pleasure! Indeed it was a violent storm! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails The storm yesterday was even more violent in our Palatinate Forest, the trees bent a lot, but we didn't have to use the fire brigade. Best regards, Gunter
Congratulations!!! For the video it was fantastic.
Thank you so much!! Sarah :)
Yikes!, hope you two were OK. The sea looked like a surging tsunami coming in ~ just shows the power of the elements at full force!
It is truly humbling and, despite all of our computer modelling and forecasting, we are mere matchsticks compared to nature! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails All credit to you both for braving rampant 'Eunice' ~ doing her worst (and the name sounds so innocuous!).
Cor BLIMEY!
I forgot about storm Imogen. That's my name!
What a fab vlog. I've found your channel because of Storm Eunice!
Welcome! If storms are your thing, we have a few videos, although some storms are more dramatic than others! Eunice was certainly one with a sting! Sarah :)
just curious...why so many storms like this in Cornwall? are they in the same period? be safe
We generally have stormy weather in the winter, the weather systems come across the Atlantic and we are the first landfall, so maybe that's why. Also they have started naming storms and maybe that makes them more interesting, Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails I see. Thank you.
Your a brave pair I was expecting a video tomorrow
Surprise! It had to be done! Sarah :)
OMG. I might have known our Intrepid walkers would be out storm chasing, it looks pretty wild and windy, rather frightening I would be worried about flying objects, I felt sorry for that poor seagull that was getting battered, Andrew couldn’t catch his breath long enough to recite any jokes either! I should go home now and have a cup of hot chocolate In front of a roaring fire 🔥 and thaw out, it’s certainly livened me up anyway! thank you 😊
Certainly hard to capture our voices, but we knew that would be the case so spared any stormy jokes!! And yes, little brown dog was tucked up, snoozing at home - much to his disappointment, Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails Yes Sarah I was thinking about little brown dog at home by the fire, I think had he been out in that storm he would have become airborne, I was nearly blown off my feet in my conservatory, the wind found all the unsealed joints I didn’t even know I had! and it whistled a lovely tune as it passed through! 🤗
@@bernicebest I think it found every gap in our old cottage too! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails 👍😂🤣😂🤣
Hope your stage at home now keep warm xx
We are indeed! Sarah :)
Blimey you two are brave
Thank you! Love a good storm, and we were able to film from a safe distance! Sarah :)
This looks so exciting. Looking forward to Cornwall in mid-March. Maybe we’ll see you filming.
Cool! say 'Hello!" Sarah :)
Every time there's a storm you two go out and brave it for us . You deserve a medal. Keep dry and stay safe.
Thank you! Sarah :)
You two are brave going out in that weather.
What a wild few days we have had.Stay safe and be careful.
They are stupid and selfish sorry :(
Indeed it has been wild, Sarah :)
Thanks for making the big effort!
No worries! Sarah :)