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Monday 19 November 2012

Cold wind


Cold winds here today, which for some reason pushed me into buying another load of wood. We easily had enough for this winter and possibly winter 2013/14 too, but a little voice told me we can't have too much. Anyhow, we have the storage space.

I know we are not able to predict the climate and don't know if it will warm or cool - but I still bought another load of wood. Maybe it's something in the air - not just that cold wind.

Maybe.

8 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Man stuff. You can never have enough. It fills me with joy when I have built the wood pile, and there is always a slight tinge of regret when I start to run it down.

I might get some more, but I'm a bit concerned my supplier has left it all out in the driving rain. I bring masses of off-cuts home from the skip at work, so that helps. Not a lot of heat in it, but it's dry and free.

Do you reckon we will be getting a lot more Ash wood in the coming years? It's an ill wind, and all that...

Sam Vega said...

By the way, have you taken down a post on "Mr Palomar?" It appears on my blog list under AKH, but no sign of it here.

A K Haart said...

Sam - I'm not sure about the Ash, bound to be regulations about moving it around I suppose. My logs have been left out in the rain, but I buy for at least a year ahead so it doesn't matter

I have a post on Mr Palomar coming up tomorrow morning, but I accidentally published it before I'd finished, so I whipped it back into draft.

Thud said...

I'm still chopping....keeps me fit and warm.

Anonymous said...

The sun appears to have cured its acne and according to 'them wot knows' that presages a new minimum and cold times ahead, so I would advise building a new and bigger wood storage unit - you might need it!

A K Haart said...

Thud - I'm doing a lot of splitting - my logs are are big and need to be split.

David - I have an old air-raid shelter which would take tons of wood.

James Higham said...

May I ask how much per cwt? Is it sold in that?

A K Haart said...

James - I buy it by the builder's bag for £75. I don't know how much it weighs but it seems to be enough for the winter, although we don't light the burner every day by any means.