We are just back from our annual two week spring break in Dorset. As usual we spent the two weeks at West Hembury Farm in Askerswell as the guests of the lovely Charlie and Lucy. We had some fantastic warm sunny weather as well

Following on from last week’s blog I came across this interesting piece of local chimney folk law relating to withes in the Channel Islands. Built into many old Guernsey cottages and houses you will often notice a curious granite plinth protruding from the Chimney

We had some work down in deepest, Darkest Hertfordshire, we were driving between a job in Sawbridgeworth and a job in Little Halingbury when we saw this thatched witch on a roof in the village of Gaston Green. Although we see plenty of animals

 We saw this mobile sauna in the coast car park at Dunwich whilst we were on our February break. I must admit that my initial thought was who is going to be sweeping that chimney. As you can see, the sauna is in an

This past week, we have had a little break staying away at a cottage close to the Suffolk coast. We stayed in a lovely cozy cottage called Easter Cottage in the Village of Westleton near Dunwich. It was great as both our girls Emma

Yesterday Claire and I travelled up north to the Fylde to attend the funeral of Veronica, our dear friend Dom’s mum. Whilst it was a sad occasion it was also a joyous celebration of Veronica’s life, with many, many people attending, a testament

Birds nest removal is something we have to do in the autumn as legally we can not remove Jackdaw nests from chimneys between 1st March and 1st September. This is because nesting birds are protected by the law (Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981) and it

 Here is a very historic property that we have swept for on an annual basis for many years now, Ashdon Guildhall. The Guildhall or to give it its full title the Guildhall of St Mary, is situated just behind All Saints Church at Church End

 If I’m being perfectly honest, removing bees’ nests from chimneys is my least favourite chimney sweeping activity. It is not so much the job, although that can be rather dirty and sticky, it is having to clean all the equipment of sticky mess afterwards that

 
In September for a couple of days we had the company of local lad Andy Bannister, who had recently retired from working for Uttlesford Council in Saffron Walden. We have been sweeping Andy’s chimney in Radwinter for a good few years and he had