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Welcome to my blog, below you will find various articles related to chimney sweeping and related topics.  Hopefully, interesting, informative and worth a read.  If there are any topics that you think would be useful to cover then please let me know.


The Three Pieces of Advice That Stayed With Me - Part Three

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Don't let the first conversation with someone be 'Help'I was told this during my arrival meeting with the RAF ‘1 Star’ (Air Commodore) in charge of the Air Wing during…

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The Three Pieces of Advice That Stayed With Me - Part Two

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Trust your Sixth Sense Early in my flying career, I was involved in an incident which caused a part of the aircraft to become detached in flight.

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The Three Pieces of Advice That Stayed With Me - Part One

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During my 17 years in the RAF, I was lucky enough to work alongside some inspirational people who helped shape my perspective and thinking.

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A Good Time to prepare for Winter Burning

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As a local Monmouthshire Chimney Sweep, the Summer brings welcome respite.

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Military Survival Training. Cold, wet and hungry, but it may have taught me some valuable lessons that help me today

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The word ‘survival’ has understandably been used frequently this year. It has been a year of change; personal circumstances, routine, and outlook.

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Eat, Sweep, Sleep, Repeat

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Busy season is in full swing, head down, chin up, it could be a lot worse! Autumn is well and truly here, and with it brings what Chimney Sweeps like to…

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Delivery Driving

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Firstly, I hope this post finds you well. Strange times indeed, plenty of uncertainty and change.

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Alternative War Stories

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It's almost ten years since I handed in my kit and ID card and walked out of the camp gates of RAF Lossiemouth for the last time.

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Is your Chimney Sweep doing this? Five things you should be checking

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Five easy ways to check if your Chimney Sweep is doing things the right way. . .

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End of first year in business, lessons learnt

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2019 has been a steep learning curve, but all fun. . . . .

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