Breezy up north

The west side of the UK is taking something of a battering from wind and rain just now.

Thoughts and prayers turn to those who have spent Christmas cleaning up or not being in their homes.

These palms on Blackpool sea front are surviving but as you can see they are bending.....

Having posted what I believed was my 730th blip I then discovered this blip had not uploaded. So is this my 730th?