So, who wants to help ... to cavort in the cellar?

If your intended use is purely temporary eg as you say during a power outage, rather than a permanent installation that happens not to need power, you could do a lot worse than a Super Ser or similar. Bottled gas, 11kg bottles.

Gravity fed oil stoves work well, that’s what we have. Wood pellet fired stoves do need power, but not very much, you could run one for many hours on something like an EcoFlow power pack.

Of course there’s always the good old fashioned wood, turf, or coal fireplace … or stove …

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Thank you for that, EB :grinning_face: . I have ordered a rather more flimsy two ring camping stove (butane powered) but have filed your advice for future need.

Dinner has been shallot/halloumi/lemon/bay leaf/fennel/garlic kebabs with couscous. We filled the hive with a Crash Test Dummies album - 32 years old and I cannot believe that! There’ll be a track on the Juke-Box soon.

Soo xx

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That can’t be ri…. Oh. Bloody hell.

As you were, pigs.

Gxx

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It isn’t raining. That calls for a

yardarm!

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Morning all

off to Bantry for a rally soon

Thank heaven for fingerless gloves made from Fred the local alpaca farm’s male alpaca’s wool or should it be alpaca yarn?

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Fingerless gloves are my friends too, Twellsy, although mine do cover at least half of my fingers.

It was Bluddy cold in the night, & first thing this morning, & has warmed to 9° now.

45 years ago, I had just got married, & it was a much warmer day.

Carinthia. xx

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I brought a sweater and long trousis but haven’t needed them yet.

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Are the Birdly knees on show then?

Carinthia. xx

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Calm yerself, Madam [grinnity]

Gxx

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I am not at all sure I want me Wimpern lifted. They did summat like that to Sawtooth Sam after he was Disrespeckful and he was never the same again.

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Why lift yer Wimpern when you could raise a

yardarm

instead?

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Happy extra hour of sleep to all who celebrate.

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Yeah, that bit didn’t quite work out for some reason. Grumpity.

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This is one of the reasons we don’t change our clocks (or routines) any more since we’ve both been retired - it always took at least 2 weeks before I could stay asleep any later than what my body thought was the usual time, or stay awake any later in the evening for that matter. By the time I’d adjusted I was exhausted.

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No comment needed:

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The fingerless mittens are from Fred the local alpaca and I have lovely toastie warm hands

I love them

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Very fine!

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Since I know you lot Worrit.

Now very full of roast lamb etc. from Arabian buffet.

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We do indeed, Dunnock.

I was cross with myself for not offering you an Sossinge sandwich earlier too…

Carinthia. xx

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Had an Schnitzel inna Bun for lunch. (Mit Pommes of course.)

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