The reason appears to be that the extra cold weather has frozen all the hydroelectric dams, so they are having to import generators from the mainland. So, shops are shut, boulangeries are unable to bake bread, petrol stations can't operate, it's chaos everywhere!
Worse, it's freezing cold, even our poor cat Max has had enough and is sticking his tongue out at the EDF (click on his photo for full tongue effect). Still, we're all huddled together in front of the fire (thankfully without Seymour, he's gone on a quest to find the love of his life, apparently someone called Christine??), and at least the red wine is good and cheap.
Thankfully the battery on our computer is not bad either, so please post something to cheer us all up.
