S’no joke

It started snowing in the early evening yesterday and as it became harder at about 8.15 pm we had a power cut. It came back on a couple of times for a few moments but then went off again and whenever that happens we normally know that we’re in for a long one. Just in case I went up and checked my electricity supply box to see if there was any life in it and there wasn’t, so I decided to just make the best of things and go to bed early as I knew that the caravan would then cool down pretty quickly.

When I got up at about 7.30 am this morning the power was still off so I decided that I’d better get my generator running. I haven’t started it for at least a year, I think more, and it’s just been standing outside partially covered up with an old plastic tarpaulin. I didn’t know what to expect but in the event, it only took four or five pulls to get it going. This was a big relief, as I didn’t want to face not only having no power but also the prospect of having to fix the generator in these conditions.

Here’s a shot that I took after I’d got my generator running – the footprints are mine from when I trudged up and back a couple of times to check my electricity supply box and get some fuel that I had in my tool store to top the generator up ready for next time. This is bound to happen as, much like in the UK, we’ve got freezing temperatures forecast for the next seven days.

The electricity came back on again and went off again briefly a few minutes ago. This often happens after a longish power cut, presumably because once they’ve fixed the original problem the circuits are reverted to how they’re supposed to be, but although the sun’s out it’s still quite cold and the snow isn’t melting very rapidly.

This could complicate things slightly this afternoon if the roof of the house is still heavily covered because I’m having a site meeting with a senior director of the building company to discuss the roof problem. If there’s not much to see it won’t help very much but I guess we’ll have to see how things are looking later on.