Traveling yesterday (Monday 10th March) was fun and unlike you dong20, I live on the south coast, in West Sussex, near the Hampshire border. It was nice and calm about 8, went to sort my clothes and washing machine out at 12:45, it was blowy, went to bed at 1, got up at about 8 and it was nice and calm, got up at 10, blowing a gale.
Then the fun started, while I was responding to forum comments, getting myself ready for college, etc, I wondered how the train services were looking like at my local station, Fishbourne, being my local TOC is Southern, they were advising "Don't travel unless absolutely necessary!". A quick look indicated why:
Line Problem between Horsham and Crawley
Line Problem between Horsham and Arundel
Speed limits in force all along the south coast.
Anyway, all xx:18 and xx:33's were cancelled and Southern then decide to get the Brighton - Pompey services to add additional stops (thats Fishbourne, Bosham, Nutbourne, Southbourne, Emsworth, Warblington, Bedhampton, Hilsea) and cut out Portsmouth Harbour, so the trains were going as far as Portsmouth & Southsea.
They then retimed everything to go xx:57 (pomp) and xx:18 IIRC (Brighton).
So, I leave, well before the service is due to arrive, stood in a bus shelter looking at CC101 (A signal that sits above the platform at Fishbourne) and it was wobbling in the wind, by this time, the rain was heavy and the shelter offered minimal protection. Next thing I find, supprise, supprise, 12:57 is late, turns up at 13:08 and no, me or my bag did not take off, with the winds. I was intending to force the next train to stop anyway!
Got on the train, left Fishbourne, then it was very heavy rain, hail, lighting and everything else to go with it, while the guard informs me that line speed is now 50mph, because of the weather.... then it was...
PING, PING, PING, PING, PING, PING...... from the guards bells.
Thoughts to self: "Oh shit, not another tree on the line! Not a track walk, please!!!!!??"
"Allo...."
"Oh really? I see that..."
"Ok, chereo..."
Apparently, the driver was informing the guard of the difficult conditions out there and when I thought the lighting was from a HV pylon that runs parallel with the track!
Got to Southbourne and it was all quiet, still blowy, but quiet, got to Emsworth and I saw blue skies, by the time I got to Havant, when I got off, I was walking in the sun..
Then comes the next bit, double decker buses over the hills, and I picked the top deck! The bus was leaning to one side in places, but not as much as it was going over the A3(M) between Hulbert Road and College lane! (Havant).
It felt like the damm thing was about to go over any second!
When I eventually got to college, being nearly an hour late, told my personal tutor about my journey, got to the class and then everyone started complaining. I am one of these students that is almost never late! Anyway, while there were arguments about the treatment I received compared to everyone else, (lateness means orange slips!), until it was pointed out that the difficulty was the distance traveled and the mode of transport.
By the evening rush, everything was virtually normal, except delays. Then that bloody signal at Fratton had to fail... AGAIN!
Should of taken the bus all the way really!
EDIT: Wet and windy outside again, I would give out the home's web-cam, so you can see, but its got my address on it!