Burn baby burn

As we are both partial to some open fires and to look appropriate for our new house, we just acquired a "chimnea"! Now if you're like me and haven't been to Mexico you may not know what that is, so here you go.....

A big terracotta chimney like pot, that gets nice and warm, which we thought would be a great idea for this time of the year. Obviously excited about burning stuff we had a go tonight, but have realised why it recommends some sand and tiles in the bottom to raise the fire level up a bit, so you can get to it more easily and it heats the top section more quickly.

So just need to go scavenging for wood from everywhere now :)