No power tomorrow.

[Shambling Shaman]

Here in glen Lyon we will be without power from 08:00 till 17:00.

luckily when we moved in we got gas cooker installed, and we have the log burner too.

any one els having a power outage tomorrow?

and how would you cope without power for 9 hours

with no Internet I might be forced to read a book!!! Lol

 

[British Red]

Cooking heating and lighting is no issue, would probably run up a generator for the freezers - although they would okay for that long. Then I'd watch a film on the laptop

 

[Goatboy]

Funny, folk in the village assume I have a genny. Mainly as the house has better lighting and heating when the powers out (regularly with the geese at certain times of year).

Yeah, carry on life as normal, read, cook, could watch a movie on laptop. Be diurnal and sleep if it's dark - or go for a wander.

 

[John Fenna]

Power cuts around here are quite common - usually a day or so after bad weather!
We also have frequent power cuts while they gaffertape our supply together to "maintain" it...
Coping is easy -I simply do not open the freezer (unless you want to take advantage of the oportunity to defrost it), cook on the woodburner or on one of the many gas or meths stoves I have and read or play Scrabbleby candle/lantern/torch light.
Hot water from the tap might get to be an issue as the pump will be off but it is simple to heat some up in a pan!
Power cuts - no biggy!

 

[Shambling Shaman]

We're all set, the fact we got a heads up is just a bonus.
debs replaced the electric sowing machine for a peddle type singer

see here:- http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104550

i will be out at work be she is planing a crafting day, might see if she can start on my under quilt


https://www.facebook.com/HameNHearthCrafts?ref=ts&fref=ts


https://www.etsy.com/shop/HamenhearthCrafts

 

[RonW]

We actually do that here for fun everyonce in a while. We call it powerless evening, meaning cooking or grilling over an open fire, candles, camping in the livingroom, reading, playing a game or actually talking to each other...
No TV, internet, radio etc.... But actual powercuts do happen, too.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

or actually talking to each other...

Now that's just crazy talk!

 

[Elen Sentier]

Woodburner, gas-cylinder heater for bedroom if very cold. Camping gaz for emergencies cooker. Lighting we have rechargeable lights but this is where I really want a couple of tilly lamps or similar . Like John, power outages in bad weather, specially high winds, are quite common here.

 

[BJJJ]

I dread scheduled power cuts, last one we went shopping and lunched out, arrived back at 16.00 power back on a 16.20 (cost me a fortune and no recompense from the power supply co.)

 

[rik_uk3]

Woodburner, paraffin/Coleman fuel stoves, heaters and lanterns, laptop and dongle for the internet. As you know when your power will be out cook up a big stew or curry today so you only have to reheat tomorrow.

 

[charleslockerbie]

Had it happen to us last week, they are replacing the lines from the telegraph poles to your house because someone in Scone decided to grab his when working on his chimney. It did not take longer than an hour.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Laptop and dongle for the internet.

We do have a dongle but we don't have Mobil signal here, might dig out the old modem and set that up as a back up,

 

[Goatboy]

Had it happen to us last week, they are replacing the lines from the telegraph poles to your house because someone in Scone decided to grab his when working on his chimney. It did not take longer than an hour.

They use electricity in Scone? I thought the considered it witchcraft there.

 

[Goatboy]

So Shamen, how did the power cut go? You survive?

 

[Shambling Shaman]

So Shamen, how did the power cut go? You survive?

Well, even though we do have a gas hob Mrs Shaman cooked soup on the log burner

and she was very productive with the new sowing machine, but my under quilt took a back seat.