Something woke me early this morning and looking for the bedside clock noticed it wasn't there. Well it was, but the red lights for the clock were not on, power cut!
Laid there for a while thinking about what we hadn't done to prepare for this eventuality, and what have the elderly neighbours done?
We have oil fired central heating , no gas in the village, so no heating , no hot water and no cooking facilities either. No lighting!
Did we still have the cartridge, did we have any spares, where is it?
I couldn't remember, and I wasn't going to wake The Boss to ask, that would be a death sentence for the day.
There's always the BBQ.
Ah, the Kelly Kettle, keep that going all day, if the neighbours have flasks I can keep them topped up. Got enough back issue BF magazines in the garage to keep the kettle going!!
All these things going through my mind, I had better get up before my tossing and turning disturbs someone...bugger, no electric .
Lights? Those wind up lamps are somewhere.
Got up anyway, found the wind-up lamps bought for fishing, found the cooker and a working cartridge. All ok.
Get some root veg out, prep and cook up a stew....bing bong ...front door bell, telephone answer machine telling me something, fridge kicking in
06:45 full power restored.
All equipment put where it can be got at, make a cup of tea, turn the radio on, 292-2.
Ah, all is well
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