Mike’s daughter Emma’s new puppy, Luna in front of her new stove

Good morning,

Well that has been a stressful week on deliveries, and we are still running around a day behind.

The pallet distribution system is so finely tuned that if you take 3 days off, it can’t catch back up again quickly.

Woodsure

We are talking with the Firewood Quality Assurance people Woodsure about getting our products audited.

It looks like we may have to make a major strategic change to fall in line with their specifications. Watch this space for details….

Semi-Seasoned Firewood Promotion

The plans are firming up for this. As previously discussed, I am going to ask you to register for priority access.

The way it will work is that on the first day of each of the promotional months, I will release a batch of the wood at a special reduced price, and when they are gone they are gone. The general release will still be a very good price, but just not quite as cheap.

April is the first month, and we are launching Scot’s Pine for that month. In discussions with our timber suppliers, we are being told larch supply is getting tighter, so we are going to have to make more use of pine.

The implications of this are two fold, we can supply pine a few £ cheaper BUT it takes a full 6 months to dry. Hence the reason we will only sell it semi-seasoned in April, so that you have plenty time to dry it.

Not sure if you want pine? Well we are setting up a sample pack for you to test for yourself. This will be released this week at some point so look out for the special email.

Personally, I like pine, I think it is just as good as larch. I have been extensively testing all our products on my own open fire and can confirm that with both pine and larch, if you leave it to dry well it produces fantastic heat with very little sparking.

OK, so look out for 2 emails this week, one to notify you of the Pine sample pack, and one to invite you to register on the priority list.

Keep warm

Angus