Diary of a Wood Burning Stove!

Unusually, we haven't actually lit the wood burning stove today as we were out later than normal, but it has now become a daily ritual to light the stove at about tea time or sometimes earlier in the afternoon depending who's in and how chilly it feels!  We are definitely getting used to the cosy feel of having a fire roaring into the evening!

On Christmas Eve we hope to manage to keep enough of a fire going to be able to simply stoke it up on Christmas morning so that we're lovely and warm while we open all the pressies from Father Christmas!  (Best leave the magic key outside for him so he doesn't get burnt on the way down the chimney)!  This will be the first time we've kept the stove lit overnight so any tips are welcome.  We'll let you know how we get on!

We're certainly getting very used to lighting the stove and keeping it clean now.  If there are any areas you'd like to hear more about, or if you have any questions on topics we haven't covered yet, do let us know.

Well, this will probably be our last installment before Christmas so we'll take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very happy Christmas.

PREVIOUS DIARY ENTRIES

13th December - Cleaning blackened glass

5th December - Laundry drying!

21st November - More fuel types and a feathery visitor!

14th November - Trying out some different fuel

7th November - Warming the house

31st October - Cosy living room

12th October - Where to keep all that wood...

19th September 2011 - The first lighting of the season!