Wednesday 4 January 2012
January 5, 2012STILL NO electricity. Maiju and Juuso are up first and before we know it they’ve been out to get coffee for us all.
It’s still wet and the wind’s picking up again. Maiju and Juuso are off to Edinburgh today and decide it’s better to leave before any more roads are closed by fallen trees or flooding. It’s been great seeing them and we’re quite sad to see them go but we’ll be in Finland in April which will no doubt be on us before we know it.
With no idea when the power will be back on we decide to go into Glasgow and get a camping stove for times like this…we also need to get some shopping in. In Tiso’s we find a compact gas burner for fifteen quid and a couple of spare gas cylinders then we stop in Costco for a baked potato before hitting Tesco for food and fuel.
It’s dark when we get back but…the electricity’s back on. Hurrah!
Margaret’s exhausted and dozes on the couch while I catch up on emails and stuff and then I make a stir-fry for dinner – a little earlier than usual in case the electricity goes off again.
After dinner Margaret goes to bed and watches some stuff on the iPlayer on the iPad (the TV’s grubbed again ‘cos the satellite dish on the side of the studio/office has been totalled by the falling trees) and I do a little work on the new website. Although there’s a fair bit of tweaking and stuff I make it live so I can check things properly…I’m not expecting there’ll be many website visitors tonight and I can finish things off tomorrow.
I only just get into bed and settle down when the electricity goes off again!
