On 24th January 2009, we had what is locally known as La Tempête, this is a storm with winds exceeding 100mph............our friend Malcolm was on his way to us and had had to take refuge in an aire, as his camping van was being blown across the lanes on the auto route. At 3.30 we lost our electricity, and as it got dark we prepared for an unknown number of hours/days without power. We played scrabble !! well you cant sew and watch telly in the dark !! (or play scrabble properly) and retired early to listen to the wind. Malcolm had decided to stay exactly where he was...very sensible.
This picture is taken with a flash, the amount of light was more like picture two !!
Ahh how romantic..........
Dave playing scrabble in the dark, note the large pots of water on the fire......
We were lucky our electric returned 24hours later, some people in Le Sahuc for instance were not so lucky, having lost thier electic at noon on the 24th it wasn't reconnected until the evening of the 27th................
Ahh how romantic..........
Dave playing scrabble in the dark, note the large pots of water on the fire......
We were lucky our electric returned 24hours later, some people in Le Sahuc for instance were not so lucky, having lost thier electic at noon on the 24th it wasn't reconnected until the evening of the 27th................
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