"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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In article ,
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It is the most horrid day here in N.Lincs.
Worst thing is the wind, blowing a hooligan(thanks Sacha for the
phrase)and
it is very cold indeed.

Our lecky was out from 0930 to 1225, the longest
outage that I can
remember.

Hoping for a good year
Baz

Just think of those poor souls in Aran, not had any
lecky for the last 2 days and still no end in sight!

When we moved here almost 20 years ago, power cuts
were routine, usually only up to an hour, but often at
the wrong time. Things are much better now, and I
think we've only had one brief blip so far this year!

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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When we lived in the country and had a garden much too large to use, we were
fed by overhead electric cables. Every '5 minutes' our power would go off
and if we had a thunder storm with excessive lightning about, then get out
the candles because the trip switch was more "OFF" than on!!

Mike on the cold but dry South East Coast of the Isle of Wight