A Cumbrian family bounced out of bed and were greeted with this astonishing sight during fierce overnight Storm Isha gusts.
Simon Furness, his wife Teresa, daughter Aimee and their terrified dog, Alfie, were trying to sleep at their home in Carleton Drive, Penrith, when they heard a burst of several loud bangs over the roof of their address as winds across the county topped 80mph.
“My neighbour banged on my door as I looked out to see debris falling in front of the window,” said Simon, 55. “When I went downstairs to go outside I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes — it was like a warzone!”
A trampoline had been scooped up from the back garden of a property on the same street and catapulted across two roofs before becoming wedged on the side of Simon’s family home.
Neighbours contacted the emergency services and within 20 minutes there were police and firefighters at the properties. Work then began to remove the stuck trampoline.
“As the storm was still peaking, the only way it could be retrieved was to secure two ropes and pull it towards the front of the house as it was snagged on what was left of the chimney pots and TV aerial,” said Simon. “They eventually managed and moved it, flattened, to the property it belonged to where it is currently now out of harm’s way.
“The chimney stack remains insecure and both of our properties have sustained major damage to the front and rear.”
Posting on Facebook, Simon had told his friends: “No, it’s not a fancy satellite dish!”
