I get fed up with emptying the ashes around March, when we should be thinking of putting the fire to bed for the summer!
This year, we bought extra coal at a discount for THIS coming winter, (going cheap because of new 'rules'...:0(, and nearly used it all up last spring when it was so bad!
Mrs Growster isn't that fit at the moment, so I'm doing an Autumn Spring Clean while she's away, and I'm actually enjoying it...
(Liar).
Yes I really, really am!