Logging on

Monday dawned bright and cold. No earth-shattering plans for the day, but The Gorse Fox is expecting a delivery of logs for the fire. That will take and hour or two to shift and stack.

The logs turned up mid-morning; another good selection of oak, beech, ash and various conifers. It took a while to carry through to the back of the house and stack in the log caddy, but was good exercise. The Gorse Fox also cleaned out the grate for the first time since the fire was installed. Because we burn wood, the manufacturer of the fire recommends that you allow it to burn on a bed of ash. So we have two months of ash build-up to remove without making too much mess.

Spent some time early in the afternoon looking for deals on the internet for waterproof ponchos. I suddenly had this vision that we will be sitting there at a football match, and the heavens will open and rain will fall in biblical proportions. The Gorse Fox would end up a Gorse Drowned Rat... as would the Silver Vixen and Cousteau-cub. Haven't really found quite what I wanted, but have ordered some disposable ponchos for now.

SV has been frustrated by the layout of her sewing room, and the lack of storage space. She has come up with an alternate layout, and with a bit of lateral thinking we have identified a way of providing a decent, large work surface in there which can be dismantled if the room is needed as a bedroom at any time. Still a bit of design work to be done, but essentially we have outline now.