Bet it’s all lovely and toasty now @Lizzie27. A few weeks ago now, just before Xmas, during the last cold snap, we had to switch our boiler off and drain the pipes due to a leak from a tap. Thankfully it was fixed, but those two days without heating and hot water were miserable. We take it all for granted, really, don’t we?
Yes, we do @Red Maple. I couldn't help thinking of the poor people in Ukraine and wondering how on earth are they managing to survive at -20c with no heating. Put our minor temporary inconvenience into perspective.
Our boiler went about a year after we moved in here. I'd been hoping to do it all when we did the extension but it was no good - the thing was knackered. We had no heating for a week mid January that year. It was much colder than it is just now too. You just had to get on with it, and fortunately we're pretty used to cold weather. We had a couple of small leccy heaters, and we had an electric shower so at least I wasn't putting people off sitting near me at work It's why those who live in the most remote areas of the UK need a sound back up too [coal or wood fires etc] which many folk don't understand is a necessity, not a 'trendy' addition to the house, and yes - conditions for those poor souls in Ukraine is utterly miserable, with no real end in sight.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm not sure it's truly a RTBC but the situation made me laugh.
The father of a friend was sat at traffic lights behind 2 police cars. As the lights changed the front police car put on its blue lights and sped off. The second car, instead of following suit, put on its reversing lights and reversed into the father's car. One mortified police officer came from the car, apologised profusely, and explained that they meant to hit the button for the blue lights but hit the 'reverse' button by mistake (electric car). Quite a bit of damage done to the front of the father's car, but probably not as much as the damage done to the reputation of the copper when they got back to the police station.
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Oh my goodness, you have no idea!
It's why those who live in the most remote areas of the UK need a sound back up too [coal or wood fires etc] which many folk don't understand is a necessity, not a 'trendy' addition to the house, and yes - conditions for those poor souls in Ukraine is utterly miserable, with no real end in sight.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.