Here is another Rais Stove that I have swept recently, this time in Radwinter – I am seeing a lot more of these attractive, contemporary Rais stoves around the area. This example is the Rais Q-Tee 2C Wood-Burning Stove. I really do like
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Sturmer – Antique Green Enamel Franco Belge Lorraine Multi-Fuel Stove
This is one of the things that French stove manufaturers do rather well, making colourful enamel finished stove. It is something that they have been doing way back to the late 1800. I recently came across this Antique Green Enamel Franco Belge Lorraine
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A First Time for Everything
Yes, they do say that there is a first time for everything, and this week we definitely had a first for us whilst we were out working. Regularly on our travels we come away from customers’ addresses with gifts, people are so kind; they
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Sweeping for the Bishop of Chelmsford Again – Central Essex Villages
It seems to be a very popular blog when I write about the villages and churches we have visited whilst sweeping for the Dioceses of Chelmsford. So, for this week’s blog here are some more of the beautiful medieval churches we have visited, this time
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Steeple Bumpstead – Franco-Belge Camargue Multi-Fuel Stove
Here is a stove that is classically recognizable as a Franco-Belge Stove, looking very similar to the smaller Franco-Belge Savoy, Franco-Belge Viceroy, Montfort and the Belfort. But it is not, it is the larger Franco-Belge Camargue, and not a model I have come across

Possibly the oldest Chimney in Wales?
Well here it is, what is possibly the oldest Chimney in Wales, in the village of Carew close to Tenby. We have just had a short week away, travelling around the country visiting family as well as sightseeing, when we came across this chimney.
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An unexpected feline visitor in the back of the van in Arkesden
As regular readers of my weekly blog will know, over the years we have had a number of unexpected visitors to the back of our van whilst we are working. On this occasion it was the customers cheeky cat Billy who came to have
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Cyprus April 2024 – Some Chimneys in Neo Chorio Village
Yes, Claire and I manage to escape for two weeks to Cyprus again in April, staying at George and Adriann’s villa just outside Latchi. This year we decided that as we worked so hard, particularly during the sweeping season, six and seven days a

Saffron Walden Crank Up – Sunday 28th April 2024
Well, we spent a busy week at work, slowly following one steam engine after another on their way to the Saffron Walden Crank up, wondering whether we were ever going to arrive at the next job and how late we were going to
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Saffron Walden – Esse Lightheart Wood-Fired Range Cooker
I still sweep a number of wood-fired and solid fuel range cookers across the area, but to be honest they are getting few and far between and the vast majority of them are either Aga’s or Rayburn’s. I was therefore most surprised to find
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