"Purbeckview" wrote in message
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Looks like there's been some damage to the ski lifts (hardly
surprising).

http://www.cairngormmountain.com/web...nCamLarge.html

I would have thought that winds of 100mph+ were relitively common up
there, and any structures would be designed to withstand them.
Hasn't Cairngorm had winds approaching 150mph?
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl