Our new house has an oil-fired #Rayburn that does heating, hot water (can be heated separately by immersion) and cooking (have gas hob, microwave and electric oven also). Have just been using Rayburn for hot water so far but will need heating soon and I’d like to try cooking with it. Does anyone have any tips?

I know they aren’t cheap to run (also oil!) and will be looking at other options so not looking for alternative suggestions rn - want to live with it for a season but use it best. Tx

#signofthetimes People on #freecycle are giving away #Aga and #rayburn ranges. Two recently--one oil fired, one was oil but converted to electric heat.

Yes, I'm talking about the same Aga ranges that weigh about 1/2 tonne and must be worth £50 as scrap iron, and with Aga shops that sell ranges for £15,000 to £25,000 and a kettle for about £100.

Sonething doesn't add up!

The Leap

The Leap is coming and you can feel the tension from the first photo to the last. Ganges Leap by Brighton based Street Photographer Ray Burn taken in Varanasi India

#leap #theleap #gangesleap #leapyear #rayburn #streetphotographer #burnimage #ukphotographer #varanasi #india #varanasiindia #jump #fotografia #fotografie #photoworld #photographer #photography #photooftheday #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #schwarzweissfotografie #schwarzweiss #blancoynegro #blancetnoir

Let’s talk a little about Ronnie #Rayburn’s other superpower - the hot plate.

On my stove which has the firebox on the left and the flue on the right, the hot combustion gasses flow up, out of the firebox, and then run from left to right under the hot plate before entering the flue at the back right of the range.