We have been well-served with firewood for our log burner over the last fourteen months and Andreas would arrive at out house with one or two cubic metres of lemonwood, stack it all beautifully and at a good price. Imagine our surprise when I asked him for a delivery and he told me he was out of stock until September. In the end he managed a final cubic metre and we were set for the cold weather forecast.
To be on the safe side we decided to order wood from another source, only to be told they were out of stock as well. Our local pub, which has a log burner, were also told their local supplier was out of stock. It has been a long winter.
And so, eventually after some research, we found that the supplier of our log burner sold wood. It turns out that they sell “kiln dried” oak logs. Slightly more expensive but we determined we would not be cold. Delivery took a couple of hours and a large builder’s bag of oak arrived and was placed delicately on our drive.
You cannot believe our experience with this wood. It burned hotter and hotter (so much more than the seasoned lemonwood we had been so pleased with), it burned more slowly and - by the end of the evening - we had burned about half of what we normally use
So two things for those who follow our great adventure. Cypriot houses in winter are cold and damp, so install a good log burner. And buy kiln-dried wood ... and you will be as warm as toast. Roll on the summer.
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