… I’ll be doing tomorrow morning first thing. And that is to dismantle the stove pipe and give it a really good clean from top to bottom. Half an hour after lighting the fire this evening, the fire went out and a huge cloud of black sooty smoke blew back into the attic. Now, I smell like a kipper.
And it’s a good job that it’s not all that cold in here this evening.
I’d noticed for the last couple of days that the window on the stove was sooting up quickly, and that’s clearly the reson why. The stove pipe is all blocked with soot. I do remember a good few years ago making a vow that each summer I ought to dismantle the pipe and clean it, but of course I haven’t done that for a couple of years and this is the result. I shall have to sort it out tomorrow.
As for today, it’s Sunday so I haven’t done a thing. I had a nice lie-in until about 10:00 and since then I’ve just been pottering about. I’ve been outside a few more times than yesterday, but not too many.
And here’s a surprise – there’s been no rain during the last 24 hours. I can’t remember when this last happened but it wasn’t within living memory, that’s for sure. And we had some very blue sky today, the first time since I don’t know when too.
