Disconnected

So I arrived home last Thursday, lightheaded with the relief of handing in my work, to discover that we had no phone line. The quality of the line had been getting worse lately and the storm must have been the last straw. They said it could take a week to fix, but I wasn't particularly bothered, as we were going to be away for 3 days. It was a bit shocking, though, to realise the next morning that we had no electricity either! Is this a taste of things to come? we thought. Anyway we set off for Bath a little late, assuming power would be restored shortly.