It snowed last week. We were having one of the warmest winters in years, when along came the snow.It started on a Monday afternoon, with the first flakes appearing at 6pm, and by 11pm the world was covered in a white blanket.
As we were sitting by the fire we heard strange cracking noises outside - like gunshots. We went outside and the most incredible sounds were coming from the forest - and our garden. We guessed it might be trees - but we had no idea what it really was.
As we went to bed the lights flickered, but came back on. The next day there was no electricity and no phone.
We then understood that noise was trees loosing their branches and falling over under the weight of the heavy wet snow. It was happening all over Limousin. Roads were closed and it took four days for them to bring the electricity back. In some parts of Limousin it took six days.
Lucky for us, our heating is a wood burning boiler. There was no pump to send the water round the radiators, but the boiler is in the basement, so the heat rose enough to warm the radiators directly above. So with a fire in the chimney we stayed warm.
A neighbour helped out with a generator for a few hours to keep the freezer frozen, but it was too late - we lost quite a lot of our frozen supplies.
Overall it was great to be snowed in with candles and a nice fire and a good excuse for an enforced 'holiday'!
We also managed to go cross country skiiing about 30 minutes away.
3 comments:
Hi...I am hitting "next blog"and dropping comments on those I think are pretty cool...Haven't yet run across a bug loving one before :)
I cannot read french so I couldn't go any further on your site that you linked further down, but hello, and keep having fun!
hey jim,
do you remember me...let's see, i was there for a few weeks 2 years ago around this time of year...i was just kinda looking at my blog entries, and noticed a comment from you, so i was looking at your blog. how are you guys doing?? i think about you two all the time. i'm living in portland these days...it's fun, although my blog may not be quite as interesting these days. i hope one day i can come and visit you again. until then, i hope you are doing well, and i remember you guys liking good music, so i thought i should tell you about my new favorite band: CocoRosie...my favorite album is the adventures of ghosthorse and stillborn. check it out.
love,
christy
hey jim,
do you remember me...let's see, i was there for a few weeks 2 years ago around this time of year...i was just kinda looking at my blog entries, and noticed a comment from you, so i was looking at your blog. how are you guys doing?? i think about you two all the time. i'm living in portland these days...it's fun, although my blog may not be quite as interesting these days. i hope one day i can come and visit you again. until then, i hope you are doing well, and i remember you guys liking good music, so i thought i should tell you about my new favorite band: CocoRosie...my favorite album is the adventures of ghosthorse and stillborn. check it out.
love,
christy
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