Well - that was fun ... not!
Wanted to be in the loft to drag the Christmas decorations out of hibernation. The lights for said loft are on an extension lead that has be plugged into a socket in the hall - so - up ladder, uncoil lead, down ladder, plug in - plastic bits of plug disintegrate all over the floor leaving the brass bits still plugged in! It is so cold up there since it was insulated that it must have been very brittle.
Switch off electrics at the mains - arm myself with an insulation mat and rubber gloves (just in case) very carefully ease out the brass bits. Switch electrics on again - find new plug - rewire lead. Shimmy up loft ladder. One of the light bulbs has blown - am ignoring it because my crawling board has vanished - probably under the 2ft thick cloud of insulation - and I don't fancy doing an 'Olga Corbett' along the joists.
My decorations are all neatly packed into five storage boxes - first four down - no problem. Half way down the ladder with the fifth one - trod on something soft that screamed and bit my ankle - nosy cat on the way up! I fell the rest of the way down - box followed, and opened up - covering me in Christmas lights and tinsel!
Just going to have a cup tea - before strangling that cat with its own tail!