THIS “brutal” hailstorm was the highlight of day of freak weather in Ferndown.

Michael Hardy, who works at paint and wallpaper manufacturer Farrow and Ball, took this photo of the hail at around 5.45pm on Friday.

He said: “This is the fiercest hail storm we’ve seen yet. It was really freaky weather.”

Stepdad Hugh Logie, 56, a former soldier, said: “We had quite a variety of weather – it was a little bit like the film The Day After Tomorrow.”