The Silence of the Blog

Just a quick apology for the blog-silence over the past couple of weeks. I've got stuff to tell you but no way to upload it - for the last week and more I have been internetless.

The reason apparently, and you'll like this, is that someone has broken into the BT cabinet in the village and stolen a lot of the copper wire, presumably to sell. My immediate neighbours' copper wire was apparently resistable, so they're still in communication with the outside world. Mine, however, was just too desirable.

BT has established a base camp next to the cabinet; a small rather unimpressive tent accompanied by a large support lorry parked outside the pub. So we have hopes.

Questions remain. How much copper wire does a cabinet contain, and what's the current price? I'm impressed it's actually worth the effort. Maybe, like gold, it's gone up in the recession, and subject to dodgy daytime television ads ( 'I stripped all the lead off the church roof and posted it to 'Moneyformetal', and they sent me back £234!)

The other question - so how am I getting this online? Answer, serruptitiously from deep in a government office at risk of a well-paid contract. Spies are everywhere, I can say no more....