Sunday 27 December 2009

snail..bah-humbug....

well the bubbles burst..at least here on the coast in east lothian..i woke to rain this morning..on and off most of the day mixed with hail,snail i believe alaskans call it...though my mate 10 miles inland at the foot of lammermuirs texted saying more snow..back to work tomorrow looking like a commute on the old dale on slushy roads...
milder weather meant my garden hose had thawed so i got the pugsley washed and got the chain cleaned,spent most of day out in the workshop,swept it out while running the motorbike for 15mins to give the battery a charge and fired up the stove to dry out any moisture...

something about stoves..i prefer an open fire in my livingroom for sure but would love an old range in the kitchen to cook on and sit in front of..,
the stove in my workshop is a machine mart cottager i got it free from a mate as it has the odd leak from him having burned it at high temps and the door has distorted a bit...,sometimes it leaks sometimes it dosnt...i got the chimney piping for free..,its 8" stainless instead of 6" but another mate made a reducer...

it dosnt give quite the same amount of draw as a 6" pipe chimney so takes a wee while longer to warm up and draw properly..,but a free stove and chimney pipe cant be knocked..kicks out some heat even in a 30sqm sectional concrete garage...

i sat for an hour or two having a couple of ciders and listening to some tunes..,i look on a workshop/garage as an extension on a home ideally connected then stroll out the house straight into the man cave

4 comments:

  1. Fire.............Fire!!
    nothing better than a good fire!!!

    Peace,
    Joboo

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  2. when friends come round they just sit and stare at the fire..!,cause they dont have one...
    natures tv...

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  3. Natures tv is damn right!!!!
    after all the snow we've had, I'll be digging out the fire pit in the backyard for our news years eve celebration!! Nothing better than freaking the neighbors out when we act like it's anything but winter here!!? Summer chairs, beers and a roaring fire, when it's -10.... doesn't get much better!! Lol

    Peace,
    Joboo

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  4. Isn't it amazing how one can stare at a fire for hours? Hope you had a wonderful Christmas coastkid. We had rain here over Christmas eve and day, so all of our lovely 14 inches of snow has pretty much dissipated. I'm sure we'll get more before the winter is through.

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