Kershopefoot villagers' joy as power restored after seven days
The power company had said electricity would be restored by Wednesday, but it did not return until 17:00 GMT on Thursday. Mr Underdown said: "The village is very happy, we had a flurry of engineers everywhere and I have to say they worked really hard."They managed to fire a generator up so we got on the temporary power supply just before lunch time, although we had a bit of a wobble when it ran out of diesel."We are now reconnected to the main grid and we felt deep joy."
'Lot of takeaways'
The power company said it had sent a food van on Thursday so villagers could have a hot meal and its engineers had worked "tirelessly" to repair extensive damage to power lines. Mr Underwood said his wood burner had been a "lifeline" but that some villagers only had electric storage heaters. He said: "There's been a lot of takeaways and beans and toast eaten and people have been using camping stoves and that gets a bit boring after a while."Getting up early, stumbling over the dog, trying to find a candle and then firing up a camping stove for a hot drink is not something I want to repeat every day."
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