BigDave if you had an ev and charger he could have used yours.
No fear – getting a diesel-hybrid Land-Rover Discovery is ‘racy’ enough for me.
My sister who lives on t’other side of the farm did look at getting an EV as she only pops down to Reeth a couple of times per week, but our mains electricity supply out here is ‘flaky’ at best, being at the end of the line and on its last legs.
Powergrid are supposed to be upgrading the power supply across the entire Dale at some point, but as the National Parks Authority insist that all replacement cables are now buried (they cannot spoil the view for heavens sake), it is an expensive and un-budgeted job. More so as Powergrid will not obtain wayleaves to allow cables to run directly across fields etc, so they will have to route cables the long way round on road verges etc. Their estimate for starting the work was FY 2026/7 at best.
So, having an EV up here is rather a waste of time, even if it was possible.