thank goodness the weather changed

[incandescens]

Minor annoyance today; one of my radiators (a plug-in, freestanding one) didn't work when I turned it on. Fortunately it was in my lounge/kitchen area, so not as vital as the one in my bedroom; also fortunately, the weather here has turned much milder these last few days, and looks set to stay that way for the next week. Also fortunately, it was a cheap one I got several years ago.

I've ordered a replacement, which will be delivered in the "next 4-7 working days", so, well, fingers crossed. It is annoying - but at the moment the daytime temperature in that room is mild enough that I don't need a radiator (especially if I put a quilt over my legs when I'm sitting in there to work). It'd have been much more annoying if it had been the bedroom radiator which gave up the ghost.

On the whole, my strongest emotion is gratitude that this didn't happen while we were in the middle of the really cold snap (0 degrees C) last week. I could probably have coped, by moving the working radiator between rooms and paying for faster delivery or actually picking it up from the shop and carrying it home . . . but I'm very glad I don't have to.

Comments

[flemmings]

Oh good for the timing. Bloggers in your south are talking of daffodils and such but I imagine Leeds is too cold for that. Still, spring is coming.

[incandescens]

Spring is definitely coming. One still needs a coat outside - well, unless one is a jogger - and it's still cool enough in the evenings that a little extra heat is welcome, but it's perceptibly milder.

[mmestrange]

At least you can get a replacement and the awful cold snap has passed (for now). *hugs*

[incandescens]

*hugs* Indeed. It would have been so much more inconvenient if it had been a week earlier.