Nerys, its a lovely lake of approximately 30 acres, of which about half is usable , but only a couple of areas that I can launch from as its at present 10ft too high from the January floods.
If it ever gets back to normal then there will be about 200 metres of beach to launch from.
If you look on Google earth at Sugwas Pool Country Park. You can view the aerial view.
Cheers Colin.

I understand what you're saying Nerys, we had forms to fill ( got our doctor to help) as well about 8 years ago and then we get an annual revue, usually over the phone.
Hope you get sorted, we need your wisdom.
Cheers Colin.

Thanks for the post .The lake looks great.
Rick

Colin, are those photos of the small lake that is near you? If so, you are lucky to have that near you. It looks quite big to me , but what is it like for launching? are the banks quite steep? My nearest club has rather steep banks with a platform at the bottom but wheelchair access is a no go for me, consequently I have a round trip of over a hundred miles to get to Cold Knap. In a way I don't mind because purely from a nostalgia point of view it is my childhood pond yacht sailing place and where I learnt to row.

Cheers, Nerys

Colin, We are with Western Power too, they did ring on the morning of the power cut to say what was happening and this was followed up a couple of days letter by a form to fill in about situation. After we had been off a few minutes, Alice set up the battery and inverter, she is my principle emergency service.

Cheers, Nerys

Nerys, I am sure that you could get help if you ask whoever manages your local power supply and explain your medical requirements regarding your power needs.
We are supplied by Wester Power, and they are very helpful.
I get messages via text and email if they know in advance of any work that requires a power off.
And I get updates about faults and power cuts in our area.
Cheers Colin, BTW well done on your promotion.

Hi Colin. In a perverse way you are lucky that you have a ready made situation for help, but I am not sure what they would do here. I suppose we would best be described as a linear village and I have no idea if there are any other people in my situation nearby. Actually, my safety net is our big battery and inverter.

Cheers, Nerys

Hi Rick, I am a member of the Worcester model boat club, but thats a round trip of 50 miles.
But for my smaller boats I have a local lake about a 1/4 mile.
But I can't get my larger boats through the gates.
Cheers Colin.

Colin with you being rural do you have a pond or club you go to.
Rick

Good morning Nerys, the hamlet I live in is only 13 homes, and 5 of the residents are at risk. The transformer that feeds us is on a pole in the field behind my neighbour, that is usually where the generator is connected.
I believe that would be normal procedure in rural areas, I don't know what would be normal in your area.
Keep safe and get better soon, cheers Colin.

Yes Colin, that's what I thought, but that is for the benefit of the whole community, only right and proper, so what is the point of the register, if this is the case, we don't get any thing more than anyone else.

Cheers, Nerys

Nerys,Colin so good to hear that you can get help if the power is off for some time.
For me it was a frustration for the two of you its essential.God bless.
Rick

Hi Nerys , when they have difficulty repairing within 8 hours a generator is attached to the local supply. We've had this twice in the past 7 years. A bit noisy but reliable.
Cheers Colin.

Colin, have you any idea what the power company would do to help us in the event of a long lasting power failure?. After this recent cut, they sent me a form to fill in to see if I wanted to stay on the list. They ask all sorts of questions but I could not see any actual statement of what they do to help us. Would they bring in a portable generator for the whole community for instance, or a little one and just connect us.

Cheers, Nerys

Hi Colin, That was the first power cut lasting more than a few minutes that we've had since we moved here 6 years ago, if they were more frequent I think we would have bought a genny. However we are quite well equipped for loss of power, apart from the batteries and inverter we have a couple of Tilley lamps for lighting and three paraffin heaters, efficient continental ones, the sort everybody uses in France. We have LPG for cooking and have a refillable cylinder as well as the big 47kg one. Probably better equipped than the majority of our neighbours.

Cheers, Nerys

Good on you Alice, we're also on the emergency register as are some of my neighbours. We have a Villiers generator from when we used our motor home. Only gets started once a month now just to keep it good.
But it has been a good standby for when we have power cuts.
Cheers Colin.

We had a power cut lasting about two hours recently, but the ever resourceful Alice produced a large leisure battery and an inverter and we were in business again. She says she had to do that because I can't sleep without the drone of a TV. Actually, I'm on the local power company's 'At risk' register but I have no idea what they would do if the power cut dragged on for any length of time.

Cheers, Nerys