Are you buying pack animals to carry the load?
Are you buying up old army mortar artillery wooden pack frames to hump the
wood up? Yes we did use these frame in the old days!!!
That is when we were strong and far seeing and knew we had to carry timber
up on our back or in our arms to keep the special open wood burning
fireplace going.
Yours sincerely, An old Timer aka Allen Bordoley.
It was NEVER a problem carrying wood up to cottage - after all you all
seem to carry numerous eclectic electronic pieces of apparatus
to let persons know where you are and when you will arrive…
Have a great time. ps don’t burn wood that has been soaked in preservative
or railway sleepers or still has paint on it. dangerous fumes. White wood
has been kiln dried and may also have chemicals in it.
If you see skips with old dark brown roof timbers that is quite Ok and very
combustible. it is pre-lst and 2nd World war timbers and well and truly
seasoned. Just ask the skip owner if you can take some . He will be pleased
to lighten
the weight load of the skip (which is charged by weight for unloading…)
You can quickly cut it into car sized lengths etc.
Have a great warm time and a good sleep in front of the CHEERY LOG FIRE.
ps again. We used to have a an open iron grate there at one time with a
large bellows to pump oxygen into the timbers. Two persons either side
could sit there as in the ancient medieval times.
Ask Richard Haszko he will certainly remember those days as I do too. Good
for toast, horse chestnuts and marsh mallows which were not around then…
Allen