A Busy Summer Preparing you for Autumn

THE sun may be shining and the warm weather coming in but the team at Penrith’s Hearth and Home are still busy fitting solid fuel, gas and electric fires.

Some say summer bodies are made in winter but it’s the opposite when it comes to the work of Hearth and Home who say winter-warm homes need to be planned in summer ready for when the colder Cumbrian weather returns!

Suppliers and installers of multi-fuel and woodburning stoves, this is an interior design feature which is still going strong adding a special touch to compliment both traditional and contemporary styles alongside being a practical heating solution.

The team, based at their showroom on Brunswick Road in Penrith next to the famous Toffee Shop, also sell gas and electric fires and stoves, fireplaces and a plethora of fireside accessories and spares.

Throughout the stove industry the impact of Covid on steel producers has led to delays from many manufacturers but Hearth and Home have worked hard to help their customers counteract this. They have increased their staff up to having four fitting teams as well as bringing in a number of new stove suppliers available quickly as well as having a range in stock.

This is matched with a bespoke service for each and every customer to cater for their tastes and requirements individually rather than offering a generic package which can often be found online.

Owner Stuart Hilland, who runs the business with his wife Hannah and manager Fraser Hogg, said: “Since taking over the business in March, 2022, we have worked to increase our team in order to process orders and installations quicker. Every single member of our team brings a level of expertise with them, ensuring we offer a very high quality service which we are extremely proud of.”

All stoves sold by the established Penrith company pass the eco regulations brought in by the Government in 2022 giving peace of mind the stoves can be used and enjoyed for years to come as well as reaching the required efficiency goals.

The majority come from British manufacturers which gives an assurance of quality as well as making spares and repairs more readily available in the future.

Further to the supply and installation work, Hearth and Home now offer service and maintenance work including chimney sweeping, full stove services, nest removal and repairs.

So with Hearth and Home becoming a onestop shop for all fireplace related needs look to them while the sun shines to get your home and chimney winter ready!

Hearth & Home

6 Brunswick Road, Penrith, CA11 7LU

01768 867200 www.hearth-home.co.uk

Up The Unction

Marching in white tights with matching knuckles

Gold braided shoulders beneath stern faces

Boots bedecked by Bobby Shaftoe buckles

Nowadays no one can tie shoe laces

The broadcast opens in sepulchral tone

Huw Edwards precise as the speaking clock

Tells how the ancient Scottish scone of stone

Will bear the man to be crowned Mr. Spock

Uniting the units of the kingdom

With phrases he was obliged to rehearse

Until interrupted by a ring from The guardians of operation Dai Verse

Guests arrive from Kowloon to Karachi

New Zealand, Australia, Canada

But no sign of Lilibet or Archie

Sauce from the goose but not for the gander

We witnessed a spectacle sinister

Invitations issued out of pity

To ev’ry extant past Prime Minister

All left office having shrunk the kitty

There’s talk of a royal peculiar

Always in attendance to turn the page

That’s a distraction – don’t let it fool ya

Into missing what’s going on up stage

In mood Shakespearian stage right enters

Penny Wren the principal sword bearer

The whole assembly’s attention centres

On Poseidon the divine frock wearer

While the Lord President of the Council

Holds aloft eight pounds of monarchic sword

We all wonder if said President will

Ever tell how long it took to be bored

By the silk wrapped Canterbury Welby

Whose prompt card holders looked so serene

The Tory grandees shortened his sell by

As his profile lowered behind the screen

Hidden from view the divine right of kings

Suggests that there might be something naughty

So what do we know of these happenings

Anointing with WD 40

Time for highly trained military guys

To break camp and repitch the mystic screen

Not long now before the players arise

The endgame’s in sight King’s Bishop to Queen

Out of the Abbey straight up to Buck House

Suffused in peaceful multifaith karma

Lunch is spinach stuffed Himalayan grouse

With tempura beans from Deli Lama

Rex di Noci - May 15th 2023