Hi Tom, Great blog. I would just like to support the guy who said you should buy a head torch. I'm surprised they don't issue you with them already. My brother put me on to them and I actually bought mine in London at Ellis Brigham in Covent Garden, its a Petzl Tikka Plus, silly name, great gadget, cost 30 quid but that was 6 months ago so probably cheaper now. Runs on three AAA batteries for many hours as it uses LEDs. It's brilliant for so many things, powercuts obviously, crawling round the back of the TV or computer to connect wires to the right sockets, working on the car, walking to the pub along unlit roads at night, etc., and I would think, bandaging old ladies in the dark.