Powerless

It wasn't a bank holiday with a bang. It was a bank holiday with a power cut.
In the middle of Sunday's lunchtime service.
But it was a strange sort of cut.
The till remained on.
The fridge light was on, though dim.
The cream whisks went round but turned in slow motion.
The coffee machine wouldn't work at all.
It was a long half hour rendered less painful when we found out that it was a problem not of our making and that Western Power was on the case.
Two bank hols down, and two to go. The next one is not far away...