About 6-55 last night there was a power cut, which affected most of Lancaster, certainly from the centre at least as far south as where I live. It was quite disconcerting, as I was alone in the house, upstairs in the cubby hole we like to call an office. In complete darkness I had to make my way downstairs (where all the torches / candles etc are located), which requires a certain amount of care. I was about to leave anyway to get Ellie from Brownies, so a click on the car key fob meant the car lights enabled me to see to lock the front door and get to the car.
Driving through a suburb which is in complete darkness is a very weird experience. There were hardly any other cars on the road I used, and my own lights seemed disproportionately bright. When I got there, the Brownies seemed to be dealing with it in suitable spirit, prepared for anything and with a few emergency lights. Once home, we raided the camping supplies, got candles lit, and even managed to cook El some tea on the cooker hob (once I found some matches to light the gas!).
Power was restored after about an hour - apparently a 33,000V cable had developed a fault. It just showed how dependant we are on our fragile electricity supply
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Power was on in Bowerham when I left, though it went off later apparently. Walking down Palatine Avenue in complete darkness made for an interesting experience... particularly as I was in a rush and was trying to walk fast as well as not knowing where my feet were going! We did Guides in the dark for an hour, which was quite interesting really... Shows that us Guides still can be prepared for everything eh?!
Sorry, I meant anything, not everything. You know what I mean...
there was a power cut in cleveleys the other week it didn't affect our house - which i was relieved about, but i know what you mean about driving in the dark it is so strange to have no street lights and no lights on in houses as you drive past - must be what its like to live in the country, I am obviously too town orientated because I didn't like it!!
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