It is thunderstorms season here in Botha’s Hill.
Since we moved here in 1992, a power outage during a thunderstorm was almost guaranteed.
We immediately installed gas cooker and used gas camping lights and candles.
Fast forward 23 years and a storm put a local substation out of action.
Back to the candle making – I still save loo roll inners for this !
The pictures tell the story.
I had to learn how to use the generator for a couple of hours at a time to keep the fridges going and charge batteries.
Otherwise I went to sleep as it got dark and woke up with the birds !!
All is now restored – til next time!
My Sussex Grandad had a dynamo light on his bike, I wonder if you can still get them?
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Miriam was born in Lewes, East Sussex, in 1948. For the last 76 years her life has revolved around the gift of music. At college in the 60s, she learned the guitar and became enamoured with folk songs, which led to a 4 year career as 'Miriam Backhouse.' The First Lady of Folk”. She still tours Europe every Summer. In 1977 she married John Erasmus and moved to South Africa. Miriam and John (who died in May 2023) shared a love of music and raised a family on these talents, playing music from Opera to Rock’n’Roll and Nursery Rhymes! Her life has trodden many paths: musician, sound worker, educator, model, seamstress, puppeteer, actress, wife, mother and grandmother. Now, Miriam is a journalist, and shares her adventures in South Africa and on her travels.
YouTube link.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpj8REUlOzHPXnPnULwpKg
Facebook link.
https://web.facebook.com/miriam.erasmus
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