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12 months from one bottle!! We seem to get theough them in half that time.
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Ah… sorry, I explained it badly.
Normally, I don’t dash to exchange a newly empty bottle for a refill… but things being as they are… I decided to try and replace it asap.
Last year, it was difficult to find the right bottles (who knows why…) took several weeks.
I was rather worried that this year it would be even worse… but, I was in luck…
Phew, breathing a little easier now…
We always have 2 bottles (of each type), one in use and the other for swapping out when tee first is empty.
For cooking, they are stored outside in a locker (I posted a picture of it some time ago when it was being built) so a different type to the lighter plastic ones for the gas room heater we use occasionally during the worst of winter. The internal one is stored inside since if it is too cold, the gas is difficult to use until room temperature is achieved.
It takes the pressure off (no pun intended) when the gas cooker runs out in the middle of cooking Sunday lunch - which is inevitably when it seems to do so 
my mistake last year was not buying a full bottle as soon as we’d done the swap.
not going down that rabbit hole a second time…
would if I could
We seem to back online to preparing for winter 2022.
Oil deliveries throughout the village… are awaited this afternoon.
The Mairie makes the bulk order, which saves a few centimes for everyone “on the list”… and this time every centime will count I reckon… 
I confess I’m thinking about buying a generator, before demand makes prices skyrocket.
Unfortunately I think Sod’s law of umbrellas will apply.
Hmm. I have a generator, doesn’t seem to have had any effect on prices 
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we went off to look at pellet burners but not sure.
8 euros a day in Pellets. What is the answer?
We bought a generator, years ago… before most of our power lines went underground.
Not needed it much , but felt better for it being there… now it’s a bit of a has-been.
In the “bad-old-days” when cuts were often and lengthy, it was wonderful how folk pulled-together (even neighbours from Hell) to ensure that everyone had the freezers plugged-in sufficiently so no-one lost their provisions. Big generators and cables running back and forth… across the roads.
Just goes to show that folk can work together and forget grievances… when the chips are down (or at risk of defrosting…) 
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What length of power cuts did you have?
We have oil heating in our UK house - a Rayburn which does hot water and radiators - that uses around 2400 litres per year, and pre-Ukraine was costing around 1400 euros for a years worth. If your 8 euros a day is for winter then you’ll be looking at a lower cost than our oil.
I’m not looking forward to the next tank fill. The most we’ve ever paid was around £800 for 1200 litres, but this time could well be double that, or more.
I see pellet prices have gone a little crazy in the last 2 months. We have a heating specialist coming to see us here in the Morvan house next week. Originally we had planned 2 pellet stoves, but now we’re wondering if 1 pellet and 1 log burner would be better, and also proof against power cuts.
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Depending on the storm… it would often be several days, maybe a week or more before supplies were reconnected.
The generators would be swapped around/ shared across the commune according to the need…
Those days are behind us now… thank goodness… or are they ??
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We have oil CH, which needs electricity… ooops, no good in a power cut.
Our log burner doesn’t need electricity, which is why it is so useful…
Likewise we have a gas hob, which doesn’t need electricity… (although we do have an electric oven)
But we can cook and keep warm if the electricity is OFF… and this has already proved a boon.
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I bought a 2k Honda 3 years ago for using away from mains and it came in right handy last week when our lines were having maintenance work done and the Contractor supplied Genny’s that ran out of Diesel in the night, we were able to have breakfast as usual. I’m thinking of getting a bigger one just in case this winter turns out to be as bad as I’m thinking. Trouble is finding an electrician who could hook it up to our house system to kick in when the mains goes down. I fully understand that it comes at a cost but I can’t be sitting around a candle for hours on end, the three day week wasn’t fun.
I remember the power cuts in the '70s - it seemed exciting at the time, possibly my parents were not so enamoured with the situation. But the only “gadget” we had was the telly and a few hours without that was no big deal.
Imagine now with all the bits we have become accustomed to, we have made ourselves dependent on others hence it being a good idea for a Genny. We are lucky in as much as we heat with wood and we have access to plenty of it. Solar panel to heat the Water mostly summertime but our first real winter with them so hopefully some sun might help raise the temperature in the storage tank. Every little helps.
We knew when the cuts would be and arranged things accordingly… sandwiches and salads were fine, but no chicken & chips, scampi etc …
I recall customers complaining about unchilled lager etc…
but the lovers of “real ale” had no problems…
and the candlelight returned the 12th century inn to its previous glory…