Thank you all for your replies, plenty of food for thought there. May well
look into heating the g/h for the following year. Btw, I am on the East
coast of Ireland and to be honest, having lived here for 50yrs I still dont
know what the weather is like, it could be wet, dry, windy, frosty, mild,
snowy......seems like no two years are the same anymore!!

Thanks Again
Dean