"Dave Liquorice" wrote in
ll.com:

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:21:03 +0100, Victoria Clare wrote:

We've considered switching to oil, but that means no gas fires (or
gas hob if you like those).

But you can have a woodburner with boiler for backup when the power
goes off. B-)

Well OK, but you then have to find somewhere to put a big ugly orange
bottle, and carry the damn thing up and down steps to refill it.

And yes, a real fire is nice, but I just don't want to spend my life
clearing out cinders, chopping wood to stock the woodshed, and lugging it
in to stoke the thing.

Fuel should not be something you have to set time aside to organise, in my
view!

Our power supply is not *that* unreliable, and powercuts (usually announced
well in advance) are a good excuse for a nice meal out ;-)

Each to their own.

Victoria