The New Year has blown in some cruel westerly winds which have left us lighting the woodburners with haste every morning.  Through the crazily mild December our fuel sales remained quiet but stove installations were at an all time high and the staff rallied round to make sure all the jobs were complete by Christmas Eve.

Our first day back to work, therefore, consisted of reorganising the showroom after the Christmas buying spree had left us bare. So we now have new stoves, new designs and a new feel to our office working area.  On popular request, we have refitted the Scan DSA 5 wall hung model which is now burning live. It is a stunning fire and really worth popping in to see if you are looking at having this style of woodburner in your life.  Our first showroom DSA is now hanging proudly on Simon's wall at home so it comes highly recommended! The Scan 85 is still welcoming you into the showroom and the new Scan 64 with its excellent convection is standing neatly behind.

Winter seems to have come early this year or maybe it never really left us. Our fires have been burning throughout August and we have had a change around in the showroom to incorporate the new season’s stoves.

All of the Contura stoves have now arrived including their Ci4 Modern and Ci4 classic inset series, with either a three or four sided frame giving a modern and discrete style to your room. Their 800 series have proved to be a very popular model being ideal for summer houses or living room extensions, to coin the phrase “It’s Perfectly Formed”.

We have recently returned from a two week trip in Norway visiting the fjord region surrounding Bergen then flying North to the Lofoten islands and finally to Oslo. The scenery was endless as was our visa bill! We stumbled across an old Jotul stove while we were staying in a local fishing hut (Robu) in Lofoten and could not resist firing it up and cooking some freshly caught Cod, which Simon had battled with on a four hour fishing trip, not for the whole four hours!!  

I think Cornwall is at its best in these spring weeks, all is quiet but there is a sense of excitement in the air with the Easter holidays and the longer, warmer days.

We returned from Sweden last night, after a busy three days visiting the Nibe/Contura factory. I say factory but i should really say Nibe village. The whole town is made up of various Nibe units, the warehouse, the laboratories, the production line, let alone their actual showroom and integrated bar/restaurant. It was very impressive and we had the first showing of their new designs for this year the 700 and 800 series. The 700 nominal 5kw output, we now have in the showroom, with aluminium clad sides and the 800 series will be ready for shipping in June. Like all Contura stoves they have the cast doors and steel bodies and the sides and tops you can choose for your preferred body to finish. Check out the designs on our website.