Following a power cut a few days ago, the electricity company has supplied our power via a large generator which is parked halfway along our driveway and connected to the telegraph pole by cabling. Last night at 10 pm, the power went off and we assumed that either the generator had broken down or that the refuelling had been forgotten~~~but no. Thieves had cut the cables and stolen them. The electricity engineers were wonderful, bringing new cables and repairing everything before 2am but it’s a horrible feeling knowing that thieves were going about their criminal damage just yards from our house without our being aware. Even stranger is now having a security guard parked on the driveway 24 hours a day. It’s so sad that this is necessary when we live on a peaceful country lane in a quiet little Sussex village. I almost feel I need to pinch myself to prove it’s real.
