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I do like a fire.
I’m not as bad as My Mate Houghton, though.
He’ll start scavenging for firewood in mid-summer the minute he arrives at any place with a fireplace.
It wouldn’t even surprise me if his will specifies a Viking Funeral. Shame about Raindance, but there you just do go…
I’ll give him this, though: he’s by far the most proficient chef de barbecue I’ve encountered.
So – not having a fireplace – I bought a firebasket.
I’m convinced that it wasn’t MY idea. I STILL think that Ms jb reckoned that it would be a Good Idea and when I hear stuff like “Good Idea”, I get my skates on and carry out instructions.
Not sooner said than done.
Tried it out the other night with a fair degree of success.
Tell you what, though – it certainly rips through the firewood and I worked out that the local DIY superstore charges the equivalent of around €2,000,000 per pine tree if you buy your firewood in bags that you can carry.
Only minor singeing damage to the lawn, despite the terracotta tiles that were supposed to protect everything, so it was decided that Something Professional should be bought.
Said. Done.
Whacking great metal disc on legs on which one perches the basket.
Still rips through the firewood at a fearsome rate, but I slung on some bangkirai offcuts from the new deck to keep the costs down.
Things I have learnt:
- Bangkirai appears to have similar thermal properties to enriched uranium.
- Sitting within 5 metres of a bangkirai-powered fire basket will result in 3rd degree burns
- A bangkirai-powered fire threatens to melt steel
- A bangkirai-powered fire makes your lawn look as if a flying saucer made a recent landing.
- It will sterilise your lawn to a depth of 10cm.
Even through a a whacking great metal disc on legs.
Back to the drawing board……
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