tree monkey

Much of the quality of the wood is from how dense it is, some of that is species dependant and some is speed of growth, what won't lower heat output is reduced water content from kiln drying. A lump of wood with <20% water content is the same if open seasoned or kiln dried Lucky sod

And it's a bit simplistic as well, yes hardwoods tend to be more energy dense, if I could source sufficient hawthorn I would be a happy man but some softwoods make very decent firewood

Is where someone mentions balsa and cedar?

I've previously spent some time with an air rifle on the moorings (off side private access) and kept the numbers down but I no longer have the gun on site for complicated reasons

You should have adopted that... Did you have a freezer onboard?

Few years ago on a different mooring a neighbour found an exhausted collie hanging onto the rudder, it was rescued and eventually adopted

Neither have I but this mooring has its fair share of rats and mice and they do seem to be very bold, I suspect, because of the noises prior, the rat came onto the boat from the water up a fender, so the cones wouldn't have done much

Funnily enough I am responsible for 2 but they are in North Wales

Not long got back to the boat, notice indications of mouse activity in the cratch, so set up a couple of traps and got on with lighting the fire making a brew etc. Anyway post brew, fire starting to warm the boat, possible snooze incoming and I heard a kerfuffle outside, so opened the door to have a shufty to see a very wet very large and startled rat, said rat took one look and decided to run past me into the boat. Much swearing followed, luckily it went to ground under a bin in the bathroom so I snuck passed it lifted the bin and it ran back through the living area and straight back outside. I need bigger traps...

If the OP doesn't want to tell the forum they don't have to, personally this badgering is getting slightly stalky

Is it possible the delay is because the posters forum name is an email address, I recall some issue with email addresses needing approval. To the OP I suggest you change it anyway, otherwise you will be spammed to hell and back