The village was out of power for about 15 hours – the longest outage since we have lived here. Normally we use a lot of electricity (21KWH plus), due to the facts that we have a lot of computers, heat our offices with electric heat pumps, and cook with electricity. On the day of the […]

Big storm has arrived here tonight. R had the foresight to suggest this morning that as power cuts were likely, we should put the battery into storm mode. This means that instead of running itself down during the day to maximize our cheap off peak electricity, we have had it hold its charge. We are […]

I went to see the consultant at Ross Hall yesterday and have been formally discharged from wearing my sling (actually I had stopped wearing it full time a few days before). My arm is a bit restricted in movement and very weak, but it is not painful and I can now do most things that […]

Saphy had a bird today. She played with it in the hall for a while and then took it into R’s bedroom and onto the bed. Then she sat and purred at it for a while. Poor little thing… It has been so cold recently that we have clouds of birds and squirrels competing for […]

I’m sad to have to report this in public, but I fear that R has joined a religious cult, or even worse has formed one of his own. He is responsible for feeding Lucky as the cat has a special technique for avoiding getting swiped by putting the plate down very quickly at an angle […]

I made an interesting discovery today. I have started trying to type with both hands again and for the time being, as I am trying to put the minimal amount of stress on my shoulder, I have put the keyboard on my knees so that I can type with my right hand without needing to […]

Today R and I made a truly delicious meal between us. R is normally very resistant to cooking under supervision but he made an exception today as we had some lovely monkfish which needed eaten up and he did not know how to cook it. First of all cut the monkfish into large chunks. There […]

December is generally the worst month for generation of solar electricity. This is not only because of the generally pretty appalling weather that we get around here, but specifically because the very short days and the angle of the sun mean that the solar panels are not getting any direct light for any substantial amount […]

I have now had my right arm in a sling for three weeks, with two weeks to go before I see the consultant and hopefully get the ok to remove it (the sling that is!). Some things I can manage ok with one hand (dressing, most of showering, some of cleaning and cooking, and others […]

The weather yesterday was snowy for the first time this winter – nice change after the rain and wind. The Rest was apparently passable, although I would not have liked to try it personally. We did not get any Amazon orders yesterday because of the snow so we had to wait till today for the […]