Thinking of the Christmas Carol Good King Wenseslas, I learned today that all wood belongs to someone and it is theft to remove any lying on the ground. So when you go for a walk in the woods, any wood lying there can't be gathered by a poor man. In my childhood I remember going out with my mother with an old pram. We went across fields to some woodland and got dry sticks for firelighting. There was plenty to go round if you could be bothered to go and get it. I loved the woodland smells and crunchy leaves. It was a lovely thing to do on a crisp Autumn day.
In Aldi and our local Home Bargains a small bag of kiln dried logs is £4.99. It is too warm really to light my logburner so the next best thing is to pretend. I put some battery powered hallowe'en fairy lights in the fire place. A rug over my knees and I'm enjoying the warm glow.
