El Foc

...which, before you think I'm swearing, means fire in Catalan.

Yesterday evening the bottom of the chimney became blocked (again) which is mainly due to the strange way in which the passage passes around and over the small top oven before going up the chimney proper. Luckily Steve managed to unblock it with a home-made wire bendy poker thingy, and as soon as it was drawing properly again he threw one of those chimney clearing sachets on.

Let it have a good burn up in the morning he said... and it's now 25 degrees in here. Can you feel it?