Why a woodburner is ideal for a great storm

Storm Ophelia is currently making its assault on the UK and Ireland. It is expected to be the biggest storm to hit these shores since the Great Storm of 1987.

At times like this, so many of the things we take for granted in modern life are snatched away from us. Disruptions to power supply can leave us without phones (landline and, by the time the battery goes, mobile), internet, television, cookers, kettles and heating.

That’s why a woodburner is ideal for a great storm.

A woodburner is sufficiently lo-fi that it does precisely what you need it to do when nature decides to put our hi-tech world back in its place.
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