Seems like we are all getting the gales. I was a little upset today, young Lorna bought her Dad a "tubular thing" something like an umbrella stand which he kept his walking sticks in. Since he died I have used it in the garden with a pot of plants sitting on top, today the d**n wind blew the lot over and smashed everything. Yet for 5 years it has stood up to all the strong winds even the ones that broke the fence panels.