I’ve spent a dirty morning sweeping the chimney.
Last night, I suffered the peril of relying on a wood burner too much
A blocked flue and a very sooty cottage.
So I swept the fire and then ambled around, mucky, to deliver Christmas gifts to Trendy Carol, Animal helper Pat, Mandy and Sailor John and to Jo ( the young mum and Street Warden who kindly dropped a load of dog food off for me when I was isolating )
Other villagers were outdoing the same thing, including Cameron out walking his pugs.
Cameron is a strapping young man in his 20s
Now when did that happen?
Wales is now in lockdown 4 and the Christmas Cards have filled the living room walls already.
Nice smudge!
ReplyDeleteThank you kind sir
DeleteUgh, we have to do ours this week. Dirty, dirty job
ReplyDeleteI hate mucky jobs x
DeleteWe had our first fire a couple nights ago. It is amazing how quickly a house can fill with smoke, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThe dogs and Albert retreated to the kitchen arm chair
DeleteDirty Boy!x
ReplyDeleteEba?
DeleteI'm sorry but I don't know-I have googled it and I understand it's rather similar to polenta x
DeleteMy fist thought was can't be Ash Wednesday yet.
ReplyDeleteChim-chim-cheree!
ReplyDeleteI am trelawnyd’s Dick
DeleteA horrible job. I don't envy you that one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a job to have to deal with. Smoke and soot is hard to clear out. I hope your lovely yellow wall is okay.
ReplyDeleteANOTHER LOCKDOWN. :(
ReplyDeleteA woodburner shouldn't smoke the room out John.
ReplyDeleteI have a narrow flue and the wood I’ve used I suspect wasn’t kiln dried
DeleteLast year I had the most awful chemical smell eminating from mine and there was puffed up coal like stuff in there which wasn't placed in-I identified it as creosote from Google-the wood wasn't dried enough-it was scary x
DeleteSorry for the extra work cleaning the smoky mess away but it's good(?) that it didn't happen on a night shift day.
ReplyDeleteWe used to know a lovely gray dog named Smudge.
Now we need to see photos of the many Christmas cards encircling your sitting room!
Hugs!
Will do babs
DeleteTa!
DeleteMeanwhile, sweet dreams!
Hugs!
Yes, clean chimneys are a definite must - for safety mainly.
ReplyDeleteWe have an open hearth and burn quite large logs in the evenings now - oak and hickory, which burns cleanly, but the sweep comes annually to keep us safe. We love our fireplace, especially at this time of year - and of course more than ever this particular year.
Take care dear John - happy Christmas to you all in Wales - hope things improve in the New Year.
Mary x
Love to u Mary x
DeleteYup, that has to be done. Did you go out into the village with your forehead like that?
ReplyDeleteYes..... no one said anything ... quelle surprise x
DeleteMaybe I'll stick to my gas fired 'woodburner'...I was literally just looking at woodburners (to avoid writing Christmas cards..!)
ReplyDeleteSomewhere here I saw a comment about bara brith and looked it up. I never knew I make pretty much the same thing but I call it "currant loaf". Bara brith sounds better!
ReplyDeleteDo you add tea?
Deleteyes!
DeleteA professional sweep could do the job with his brushes and vacuum in much less time than it takes you to do it and with no soot escaping into the room. It takes our sweep 20 minutes to do two chimneys and there's not a speck of soot anywhere. Total cost of £40 for the two. Plus you would also be supporting a small business.
ReplyDeleteI have already booked him.....he’s lovely , I just thought I’d try so sort it before Xmas.
DeleteMerry Christmas week to you.
ReplyDeleteEvery few days I BANG the metal chimney of my woodburner, take it off the back of the stove itself, and take out whatever is at the bottom; usually very little.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Ash Wednesday.
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ReplyDeleteShudder to think what Santa must look like after all those chimneys. [Chim-chimeney, chim-chimeney, chim-chim cheree.....]
DeleteWere you sweeping the chimney ready for Father Christmas?.
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There's a Dales tradition of cleaning your chimney AFTER Christmas. Tie brick to one end of a rope. Tie Christmas tree to the other. Drop brick down chimney. Go to fireplace and pull tree down chimney.
ReplyDeleteIt makes a heck of a mess though.
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