We went to our first ever auction today - at the Firewood Fair. All the lots were wood of one sort or another - bags of logs ranging from small sacks to huge bags that have to be picked up by machine, trailer loads, kindling, small logs and massive tree trunks.
Fred and I left Tony alone for 5 minutes to scope it out and, by the time we caught up with him, he had bid on a load of logs, with no idea whether he had got a good deal or not and without realising that there was VAT and commission on top! But we had a lovely day, Lovejoy was on his best behaviour (except for trying to wee on all the lots), we saw 2 red deer (or blue deer according to Fred!) and lots of buzzards, and came home with a car load of wood. We now have a very impressive log store on the patio and (according to the internet) only paid about 2/3 what they would normally cost. Phew!
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