blackrose Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 It's decidedly autumnal and supposed to go down to 4C here tonight so I've lit the stove. First time since early April. Have others lit theirs tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 I came back from a tinkering trip to the boat (lovely sunny day in Cheshire) and the Memsahib had lit the fire in the living room (of the house). Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Hd the webasto on for one hour this morning and just over an hour this evening. Soon be stove time though yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, proper boating season is upon us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Resorted to having the heating on at home for an hour or so earlier to take the chill off. Then regretted it because it got too hot in the kitchen where I was working! Sat with a beer now in the cockpit listening to some tunes with the Webasto keeping us warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterboat Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Rayburn on dinner cooked loads of hot water and hot reds! Its very windy up here so heating appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, blackrose said: It's decidedly autumnal and supposed to go down to 4C here tonight so I've lit the stove. First time since early April. Have others lit theirs tonight? Yes. But at home. Bought our first smokeless and logs today too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, blackrose said: It's decidedly autumnal and supposed to go down to 4C here tonight so I've lit the stove. First time since early April. Have others lit theirs tonight? I haven't - mine's been in since I lit it on Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Havent lit, mighty lister normally acts as storage heater but we tied early today. Feet regretting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) I've let mine go out overnight, but applied three firelighters and dry twigs, all 's well, I'l have to stoke up with coalsalike before I head off, I like to leave stove in a sort of stable state, as I don't want things to get out of hand when I'm not there. Nearly out of dry twigs, but they are really so much nicer than the standard kindling which comes in nets at £1.50 a time, and still need a few firelighters to get going . I'll be having baked potatoes most days from now on, and intend to try foraging, dry wood only, to keep the home fires burning. Sun is going south, and it could be a long winter. I'm going to try making cordials, can't remember how long it is since I did that, but they do taste great. This is the season of mellow fruitfullness, let's enjoy it. Chestnuts and acorns aplenty, but no sign of cob nuts, I think it's the wrong type of woodland, plenty of silver birch, but not many fallen logs. Edited September 26, 2020 by LadyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Let ours go out overnight as well. Just lit it again. Too hot, too cold. Decisions have to be made. So stressful this boating stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Nightwatch said: Let ours go out overnight as well. Just lit it again. Too hot, too cold. Decisions have to be made. So stressful this boating stuff. It's the unpredictability of the wind, a good steady breeze just keeps everything working, but if there is no wind I have to open the front door, for some reason (physics) it gets chilly, then it gets cold, then too hot, it's grate, sorry great.. : Edited September 26, 2020 by LadyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Been lighting the fire on and off through September. Cooked me chilli on top of stove yesterday yum yum ? (Car was iced over this morning, a reminder to get some antifreeze as soon as possible.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Goliath said: (Car was iced over this morning, a reminder to get some antifreeze as soon as possible.) You mean de-icer I think: if its for clearing your glass, antifreeze will strip your paint. It'd be a bad thing to get the wrong product! (If you really mean antifreeze as a coolant additive, it should be in your engine year round as they are corrosion inhibitors too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Just lit the fire, it is freezing cold and blowing a gale down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 58 minutes ago, Sea Dog said: You mean de-icer I think: if its for clearing your glass, antifreeze will strip your paint. It'd be a bad thing to get the wrong product! (If you really mean antifreeze as a coolant additive, it should be in your engine year round as they are corrosion inhibitors too.) I mean anti freeze I had a leak earlier this year and replaced with just water, so I need to add a bit of anti freeze. I’ve a Gadget to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 We have ours burning, it is blowing a gale near Stone. Too hot in the boat now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinC Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Frost on the grass this morning at Cowick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bearwood Boster Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 Been blowing a hooly here at Audlem. Put the heating on for a hour,then had to turn it off as was then a tad too hot ! Quite a few boats nearby had fires lit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlife Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) Lit our stove today for the first time since April [Cheshire.] It was cool earlier but we are too hot now. Edited September 26, 2020 by Boatlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 We were sweltering in the boat yesterday evening so put it off about 8PM, it went down to just below 5 last night outside, it was 11 deg in the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted September 29, 2020 Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 On 26/09/2020 at 17:32, Goliath said: I mean anti freeze I had a leak earlier this year and replaced with just water, so I need to add a bit of anti freeze. I’ve a Gadget to check. Well, I just thought 'twas better to check before the fact than say nowt and allow an expensive mistake to occur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noone Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Had to start my engine yesterday to charge my batteries because my solar panels no longer produce enough ? its autumn for sure!.....On the upside,burner has to be lit,so I can have toast again!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterboat Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 Rayburn toast is the best in the world ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 So I have just lit our squirrel for the first time this autumn as its so bloomin dreary outside and damp. Will not be putting too much stuff on as it will have to go out b4 bed or we will be too ott overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted October 3, 2020 Report Share Posted October 3, 2020 It's cosy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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