Well, we've had an interesting evening.
Just about to put our duck legs in the oven (yup, I am sophisticated!) and the electricity goes off. Fortunately we have battery operated candles, and have just receieved 84 batteries from Amazon at a silly price, so we can see where we are. And we have just opened a bottle of wine, so all is ok.
Power comes back on. Decide not to risk cooking, so make tuna sandwiches and crisps.
Then watch two episodes of The Watcher on Netflix. Recommended.
Power then goes off again, so obviously we do the sensible thing, and open another bottle of red.
45 minutes later- power back on, and we can see the last 45 minutes of Masterchef.
As an aside, the new masterchef judge is very photogenic.
Mrs W and I were just discussing tonights events, in the light of possible issues later this winter. It is important to have some sort of constant light source immediately to hand, and to stock up with batteries sooner rather than later. It is surprising how dark your house is when all the lights, including street lights, go out.
Here ends my public information bulletin !