<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/log-auctiondec16.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-4109 size-thumbnail" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/log-auctiondec16-150x200.jpg" alt="log-auctiondec16" width="150" height="200" /></a>There's nothing better on a cold winter, weekend than spending as much time as possible out in the fresh air. There will be plenty of days in the next few months when the weather will keep me in.

With this in mind I didn't hesitate to go with Nick to a wood auction at <a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3800370" target="_blank">South Ormsby Estate</a>. We'd been two years ago when I bought two lots. I gave one pile to Nick and Val last Christmas and have only worked my way through one pile. My log burner is very efficient.

He purchased two lots and it took three trailer loads to get it back to Market Rasen. By the time we'd finished it was getting dark. Some people pay to go to the gym whereas all this exercise is free. I often say that owning a wood burner gives heat three times - once collecting the wood, second cutting and splitting and finally burning it.

On Sunday afternoon I spent the last hours of the day with Nick and Val at <a href="http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/far-ings" target="_blank">Far Ings Nature Reserve</a> near the Humber Bridge. It was a cold, clear afternoon and there weren't many birds around but the setting sun was stunning.

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