Winter returns

On Thursday we were trapped in the village for the morning, thanks to the sight shown in the picture. There is only one "all-weather" road out of the village. This particular section has a gentle rise and, when slippery with snow and ice, is impassable to carelessly driven trucks with bald tyres. If the driver doesn't get his foot off the gas, the driving wheels will spin and off the truck will go backwards, out of control, jack-knifing spectacularly. The trailer falling in the river too is an extra bonus for the town hall's tractor drivers who have to get the road open. All concerned were lucky that the truck was unladen.

I've also been without broadband for a couple of days because, as the telephone technician discovered, the voltage has been too low for the modem to function. Until the voltage returned to normal this afternoon, I'd been using my old mobile phone modem, which is more resillient and works for email but is too slow to post photos.

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I recall your much earlier writing regarding failing electronics. I blamed this problem on our dodgy voltages and power dips and installed an Uninteruptable Power Supply, basically an battery in a box plugged into mains and an inverter to filter power supply.I had very little problem with failing electronics since and the added advantage of time to shut down after power failure.