140 miles away in gloucestershire, aston on carrant near tewkesbury is just one of many places which has been without power since yesterday afternoon. the storm here didn'tjust knock over one tree. it destroyed a whole coppice, and when the bigger ones came down, they took out that electricity wire, knocking out power for everyone around here. it just went like that. this all happened in pauline's garden. very very bad. i have never seen the trees moving like they were yesterday. i shouted to my husband, "look at the trees," and i walked back into the kitchen, and said, they are going, they are going, it's gone. it was the needles on the isle of wight where a gust of 122mph was recorded yesterday, as the storm moved across the country. numerous trees were uprooted. and vehicles were blown over on the roads. passengers at preston station were typical of those trying to travel today. it was absolutely awful, carnage. we got on at the first stop, got a seat, but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down.