Smoky again

We're enjoying lie ins at the moment, so it's off to Nîmes at the crack of 11.00. We need some bits but particularly dog food for our little angels. Hmmmm. We return to find that said angels have had a riot and partially destroyed their bedding. This is getting silly. We replace their mats on average every three months but despite a good telling off from me, Max, in particular, doesn't seem to learn.

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There I was congratulating myself that we had fixed the smoking chimney when it started again with a bit of a vengeance. It wouldn't aspirate for about 2 hours, filled the house with acrid smoke, and then it corrected itself just as quickly. Weird. The atmospheric conditions, as far as I can see, haven't changed noticeably all day.