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Friday 20th 25F/-4C. Overcast start to a promised sunny day. 64F/18C in the room. No oil heater and the last log went in at 22.00. 36F/2.2C in the greenhouse. Yesterday's sunshine lifted the indoor temperature to 75F/24C. That was with the wood stove going all day. I had turned off the oil heater early on. Intending to use it overnight.
The big thaw starts tomorrow after an extended winter. Plus temperatures and rain may cause flooding and risk of damage to some homes.
Up at 6.45 after a busy night.
10.00 30F/-1C. 66F/19C in the room. Back from my walk. It was blowing a fierce gale from the south. Roaring in the trees and even smoking the snow along the road. Filtered sunshine needs to get clear of the clouds. If it it is to warm the greenhouse. Little sign of any thaw so far. Overnight rain tonight should make a dent.
11.00 The last of yesterday's logs has burnt down. So I have fetched two more baskets from the stack outside. Completely breathless again. The wind is roaring but the snow is firm on my path to the stack. Relighting just needs enough air. To ignite new logs from the hot ash bed. Once burning well I just need to turn down the air supply.
All fairly obvious but novel with a new fuel supply and remote storage. It is proving to be easy to maintain 66F/19C in the room. The sun raised the kitchen to 68F/20C yesterday. Unfortunately it is much more cloudy today.
Mid afternoon: It tried to snow. This was forecast for later before turning to rain.
Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast. With halved cherry tomatoes. Plus a whole tin of Heinz tomato soup. I suspect there is a tomato theme running through this meal.
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