It was probably noticed that there was no weekly blog from Walden Sweeps during the past two weeks. This was because Claire and I decided to have a spring break in Cyprus and to see if it was any warmer than the weather in

A couple of weeks ago we trekked up to my hometown Liverpool in order to visit Liverpool University with my youngest daughter Katie who has an offer from Liverpool to study Geology. Fortunately, we had as our guide my twin brother Mick a university

 
In recent weeks my blog has mentioned a number of large stoves, so here is another monster stove; this is a Barbas Falcon 66-56 Wood-Burning Stove. I swept this example recently at an address in Bardfield End Green. As can be seen from the

At the end of January, we spent our usual annual couple of days sweeping in Wales, for free! This involves sweeping the chimneys of Claire’s dad’s friends in the Wenvoe farming community. As usual six addresses were swept in and around Wenvoe and much

I know that I have featured Vermont stoves in my blogs previously, but I couldn’t resist choosing this one for this week’s blog, as you can see, it is something of a monster stove. Yes, it is quite a massive stove, with a

Not a make of stove that I have featured before in my weekly blog, and yet I do see quite a few Dunsley Stoves around the local area. Usually, the Dunsley’s I do see are the more modern, contemporary models that they manufacture.

Here is a make of stove that I have not come across before, Varde. Yes, not a well known manufacturer of stoves, this example is a Varde Ovne Multi-Fuel Stove which I recently swept at an address in Shepreth. It is unusual as

I do love a contemporary cylindrical stove, they are just so modern and stylish and look fantastic when alight. This example is a Jotul F483 Multi-Fuel Stove that I recently swept in Littlebury, but I do sweep a few other examples of the

 Here is something I was very surprised to find and something of a bit of a mystery. Yes, I hear you saying, that is surely a Stovax Stockton Stove, but is it? On closer inspection there are subtle differences in manufacture, not least of this

 
I have featured a number of different antique Godin stoves in my previous blogs, and it is not hard to see why they make such a great post. They are always so elegant and ornate and are usually found in different brightly coloured enamels.