A day without end.
Yesterday morning I awoke to discover that it had snowed overnight, and judging by the dense white sky, the weather looked set to dump a great deal more snow on us. At 7.30am I made a mad dash to Durban Corbieres for vital supplies. Throughout the morning the weather continued to get worse, and between 8am and noon there were a dozen short power cuts. Just after midday there was yet another power cut, but unfortunately this time the power did not come back on after a few seconds as it had previously been doing. From past experience of the power cuts we have had whilst living here, I knew it would be out for the rest of the day. Having no internet or T.V. there was little else to do but go for a stroll, and enjoy the village and countryside, which was completely covered in a thick coat of snow.
Our house is all electric, so in the evening it was a cold dinner of cheese and pickles for us. This morning we were still without any power, breakfast consisted on a cup of instant (very old) coffee made with hot tap water. It tasted as disgusting as it sounds, but was better than the alternative which was ice cold tap water. Today looked set to be another day of no heating and cold food, but thankfully just after 11am the power returned much to our delight, so I dived in the freezer for a frozen beef casserole that I’d made a while ago. I was rushing around the kitchen making the most of the electricity just in case in went off again. The power stayed on whilst we ate our lunch and so far, touch wood, it is still on – I hope it remains so.
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