Balanced score card

Much discussion yesterday evening about what was best for dustbins, in the light of the dire warnings emanating from the telly. In the end, after consultation with neighbours, we decided on dustbins in. In the event, some wind during the night and a little rain. Biggest twig on the lawn maybe 2kg in weight. First dustcart in the street at 0700, as usual.

Checking Horton (clockwise), I found three trees down - Horton Lane, Longmead Road and Manor Green Road. Off road, tidied up and vanished respectively. One tree smapped in half (illustrated) and cordoned off with red and white tape. Sundry branches down, one as large as the smallest tree down, that is to say the one that was in Manor Green Road.

Various pickups running around, some council, some tree people.

Sharp shower at around noon and that, I expect, is the storm in this part of Epsom. Saved once again by our sheltered position in the lee of the North Downs.

PS: I hope that our highly paid Chief Executive Officer of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council (the chap or chappess formerly known as the Town Clerk) activated the Major Incident Control Room (buried deep under the Ashley Centre) and was in it all night, just in case. Very important to have a senior officer on the spot (or, at least, under the spot), available to take charge, should need arise. A plus that such senior staff are not allowed to claim overtime, unlike the chaps on the ground.