Boardmasters cancelled at Newquay?
Tents blown down?
Somewhat different on N. Cornwall coast?

We've been battered by westerly a gale here all day.
Nice and sunny though.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon

Well, there was no useable surf, as the small swell there was was blown out and unsurfable.

There have been gusts to 50mph on the north Cornwall coast, but looking at various places I can find nowhere where the mean speed reached gale force, even Land's End. In fact most places in west Cornwall peaked at F5 (see Camborne http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html )

Sennen harbour faces north, ( http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm - sea conditions still look far from stormy) and the main beach faces NW, and was open to swimmers and surfers all day, despite regularly having the roughest conditions in Cornwall.

The swell at Sevenstones peaked at 8.2' which is totally ordinary, and was exceeded on at least 1 occasion in July.

The south coast was positively benign
A few photos from mid afternoon on Newlyn green http://www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/raft.html

Does it look stormy? It simply hasn't been stormy here, possibly windier where you are as Bertha was still deepening as it passed Cornwall.

I simply report the weather as it is in west Cornwall, and post links to show data and pictures, so it's rather irritating to have it questioned in a patronising way. Because the weather is worse somewhere else is irrelevant.

Graham