First real fire of the season, hurrah!

[Sue]

Blazing away happily in my fireplace.

Sadly no mulled wine to go with it ....

[DulwichFox]

So what are you burning.. ?

I have an open fireplace. Have not used it for a few years.

Foxy

[Sue]

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> So what are you burning.. ?

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Nygel.

The Ulverscroft Road re-enactment of The Wicker Man :))

Actually, smokeless fuel :)

Edited to get the spelling of my own road right .....

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I marked the beginning of winter today with a huge pot of stovies - should last a week.

I've finally succumbed to the central heating.

[Sue]

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> I marked the beginning of winter today with a huge

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> I've finally succumbed to the central heating.

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Stovies?

You got Scottish heritage?? (Is that grammatical?)

I didn't succumb to the central heating, I came home to find it had kicked in in my absence :(

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm not sure my dear old English teacher would find it acceptable, but yes. (Only of the lowland variety.)

[El Pibe]

Nice bit of melted cheese on it perchance? ;-)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Gosh, El Pibe, I didn't have you down as psychic!

[numbers]

PGC - there was me thinking that stovies were a mythical food creation only ever eaten by Oor Wullie.

Sue - next time have some mulled wine as well :))

[Sue]

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> Sue - next time have some mulled wine as well :))

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Yes, Stella just wasn't the same really .....

Hmmm. Remembered this morning that a real fire in the evening means having to rake out the spent coals and ashes the next day.

May not be a "next time" for a while, then :))

I was so spoiled when I lived in a house with a container under the fireplace to collect all the ash, which just had to be lifted out and emptied every so often....

[DulwichFox]

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Foxy :)