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December 05, 2010

of chocolate fireguards and snow fireplaces

After lighting the fire on the snow, I began to build up the sides, again the snow wasn't melting at all quickly. I thought of enclosing it igloo-style, but the smoke was too much.

The sides aren't that thick, maybe 15mm, I made the top overhang as much as I could before the smoke got in my eyes, the more I enclosed it the more smoke there was, which was understandable.

Eventually I ran some small holes through the snow-wall, near the bottom, to get an updraught going.

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it was extraordinary feeling the freezing snow in my hands and the burning fire on the back of my hands.

Posted by john at December 5, 2010 08:26 AM

Comments

What a very Coombesian fire you have made. All it needs now is Robertson to jump over it.

Posted by: Daphne at December 5, 2010 09:13 AM


...Thats COOL ;0) Ive been absolutely loving the snow especially on Wednesday I spent the whole day walking with Lenny across the snowy untouched hills and landscape of Hepworth & without seeing a soul all day, which I loved I don't do enough of,time alone is soooo important to me...and the snowy weather was beautiful, love the seasons :0)

Posted by: paula at December 7, 2010 02:56 PM