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For the sake of £20 get a moisture meter, there's some right crap out there being sold as seasoned logs, especially from tree surgeons who are the worst culprits of mixing a bit of seasoned with wet crap. It's just not worth buggering up your liner/flue

great, thanks for the help I will give both a go 

After the gales today i'm sure there will be plenty of FREE logs to be had in the lanes - help yourself and your fellow trail rider at the same time 

great, thanks for the tips.

Lostboyscout wrote:

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If you get ash it can be burnt green or dry

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 Beechwood fires are bright and clear

If the logs are kept a year. 

Chestnut's only good, they say, 
If for long 'tis laid away. 
But Ash new or Ash old 
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold. 
Birch and fir logs burn too fast 
Blaze up bright and do not last. 
It is by the Irish said 
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread. 
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould, 
E ' en the very flames are cold. 
But Ash green or Ash brown 
Is fit for a queen with golden crown. 
Poplar gives a bitter smoke, 
Fills your eyes and makes you choke. 
Apple wood will scent your room 
With an incense like perfume. 
Oaken logs, if dry and old. 
Keep away the winter's cold. 
But Ash wet or Ash dry 
A king shall warm his slippers by. 


Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winter's cold
Poplar gives a bitter smoke
, Fills your eyes, and makes you choke
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould
, E'en the very flames are cold
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread -
Or so it is in Ireland said,
Applewood will scent the room,
Pearwood smells like flowers in bloom,
But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry,
A King can warm his slippers by.


Beechwood logs burn bright and clear, 
If the wood is kept a year
Store your Beech for Christmas-tide,
With new-cut holly laid aside
Chestnut's only good, they say
If for years it's stored away
Birch and Fir wood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright, and do not last
Flames from larch will shoot up high,
And dangerously the sparks will fly...
But Ashwood green, 
And Ashwood brown
Are fit for Queen with golden crown.

Ttr..That is awesome. Love it 

This is my favourite

Logs to burn; logs to burn;
Logs to save the coal a turn.

Here's a word to make you wise
when you hear the woodman's cries;
Never heed his usual tale
That he's splendid logs for sale
But read these lines & really learn
The proper kind of logs to burn.

Oak logs will warm you well,
If they're old and dry.
Larch logs of pinewoods smell
But the sparks will fly.
Beech logs for Christmas time;
Yew logs heat well;
'Scotch' logs it is a crime
For anyone to sell.
Birch logs will burn too fast;
Chestnut scarce at all;
Hawthorn logs are good to last
If cut in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax,
You should burn them green;
Elm logs like smouldering flax,
No flame to be seen.
Pear logs and apple logs,
They will scent your room;
Cherry logs across the dogs
Smell like flowers in bloom,
But ash logs all smooth and grey
Burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way
They're worth their weight in gold.

Honor Goodhart, 1926

And it it's a good flue then an occasional controlled "chimney fire" sorts out any tar deposits........

I don't know either way. I just load it up and try my hardest to get it started! Lov ethe smell of the cherry wood , but as long as its burning well I don't mind what wood. I haven't looked at me flu yet. Its a 2 storey one that's not that old maybe 10 yrs. just a learner really.