What a day! Kept up half the night by thunderstorms and power going off and on, then the power went off again at 6.40am so I enjoyed a hot bath in the dark! It didn't come on again until after 8 this evening! Two power poles struck by lightning apparently and had to be replaced.

Consequently couldn't do anything inside as nothing worked and it was dark, so we all worked outside in the strong wind and heavy hail/snow/sleet until it got too dark to see at about 4.15. I spent a lot of the day putting potted shrubs, which are waiting to be planted out, to bed for the winter under a protective frame - winter wet is a bigger killer than frost here - then home to a heated up dinner out of a tin!

It was odd to go outside just a moment ago for firewood to find total silence for the first time in days!