COSY TOES

Having crawled out of my goose-feather nest at the insane hour of 2am, I was pleasantly greeted by a cosy sitting room – it was 24c.  I decided to resurrect the fire in the new stove with the new logs as waiting for hubby to wake, or burning the halogen fire was really not on.

 

Although we started off using straw logs, we thought we’d give the wood briquettes a go.  My goodness, what a difference!  Last night (they arrived in the afternoon) the room temp reached the giddy heights of 27c at which point I felt it was like a sauna, despite the window being open.  Sitting in the empty bath suddenly became a very distinct option.  The advantage with these new logs is that the window on the stove remains clear, so dancing flames are always visible.  They also burn down to a virtual dust, and it looks like the tiny ash pan will not need emptying for a couple of days, opposed to the straw log burn which required at least two emptyings of the ash pan every day.  There’s practically no dust with the new logs – delightful!  The wood logs are made from birch, ash and larch trees, with a dreamy aroma percolating out into the local vicinity.  Really lovely.  Mustn’t forget the savings we’ve made on leccy – at least £20 a week so far!  Have a great day, Susan :)
p.s. The gizmo on top of the stove begins to whir into action as the heat increases, dispersing the warmth throughout the room.