No phone, no internet, no power, no money – it was like being sent back to the Victorian era | Caitlin Cassidy

After five unplugged hours, my dog and the house were pristine. I needed distraction

I didn’t intend to spend my Sunday hacking at gargantuan weeds with a half-broken set of pruning shears in the rain.

But the universe – or, more accurately, a unique combination of bad luck and stupid decisions – had conspired against me, leaving me with no phone, no internet, no power, no money and nothing to do but tend to my overgrown garden.

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