The fire
Light it yourselves,
and cook on it.
There are two irori hearths in the wooden-floored rooms and a kamado stove in the earthen-floored kitchen.
You light it
We provide printed instructions, dry firewood, charcoal, kindling (cedar bark and cardboard), gloves and a bamboo blowpipe. We do not provide commercial firelighters.
Some nights it catches at once. Some nights it takes a while. That time is part of the stay.
If it will not catch
Read the instructions again first. Switch to thinner sticks and leave room for air — that usually does it. If it still will not catch, you can cook on the kitchen stove. As a last resort, someone answers the phone 24 hours.
Fire safety
This is a wooden building roughly 200 years old. Fire safety instructions and the location of extinguishers are set out in the printed manual in the house. Please put the fire out before sleeping, and never build a fire indoors outside the hearths.