{"id":5556,"date":"2013-11-03T10:43:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2013-11-03T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T10:58:28","slug":"some-thoughts-from-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/some-thoughts-from-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"A few thoughts from yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was something of a disaster. It rained all day long virtually without stopping so every time the dog had to go out, he got sopping wet. OK, I’m used to that, but I also had to keep going out in it myself, to get more wood in. And every time I did so, I found that my small stock of wood was getting wetter and wetter despite my having been careful to keep it covered up.<\/p>\n

It turns out that all of the lightweight blue tarp that I’ve been using (left-overs from MYRO’s old covers and new stuff that I’ve bought over here that’s similar) is as about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike when it comes to holding back water, which just passes straight through it. You have to ask yourself, therefore, what can it possibly be useful for? All I can think of is dust covers – other answers on a postcard please \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n

I managed to get by by bringing in as much wood as I could and leaving it to stand for as long as possible to dry off before bunging it into the wood burner, but although I managed to get by and still had enough of a fire left this morning to get going again, it could hardly be called successful and by the evening, the house was quite cold. On a brighter note, Russ’s glass cleaning method worked a treat and I’ve decided that my regular morning regime will include cleaning the glass every day before the muck gets a chance to build up, as well as clearing out the old ashes. Like anything new and unfamiliar, it’s a learning curve, isn’t it.<\/p>\n

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The downside is that with all this messing about with the wood burner, I’m beginning to smell like an old bonfire all the time. If I can notice it myself, what on earth must I smell like to other people \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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