Anticipating weather on the turn, we took advantage of cheap summer supplies for the log burner. We’re now fully-stocked for the shorter days to come and the cosy candlelit nights in. We don’t actually need a real fire to keep warm. Our central heating does that job just fine. But most wintry weekends we light up anyway because it looks pretty. It’s particularly snug come Christmas. A bit of an extravagance, I know, but we’re lucky enough to afford it. But there’s a downside to a blazing fire in a small cottage. It can get too hot. To stop Liam from stripping off down to his undies and startling the dog-walking passers-by, I open a window to let in the cold.
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Haha! That’s funny. A “traditional” fire really does give you a cozy snuggly feel though doesn’t it. When we lived in London we used to turn up the heating so high that visitors said it was like coming to the Caribbean (where we ended up living, of course!) Now ironically we just had air conditioning installed, because the heat is unbearable!
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Ironic indeed 😀 We had the same problem in Turkey. We tried to avoid installing AC but it got so hot come August, we had no choice in the end.
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I love a fire in winter.
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