‘It has been traumatic’: the Cornwall landmark left battered by Storm Goretti

St Michael's Mount and the people who live near it are still healing from the scars left by storm's 100mph winds

Three months after Storm Goretti battered St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, the signs of the storm's power are still evident in the scars left by uprooted trees, piles of logs and the shaking of heads from islanders who have lived there for decades and never seen the like.

It really was something," said Jack Beesley, a senior gardener. We were shocked the morning after when we saw what had happened. We had been caring for these trees for years and to see so many of them down was very sad. We've worked hard to get the place ready for the Easter visitors but it will still be a month or more until we're back straight."