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Yet more rave reviews for SolarVenti, this time for immensely talented UK Writer Tanya Lees. 

UK based writer Tanya Lees RAVES about SolarVenti on her blog:

"Always, when I start to climb the hill I wonder how I could have ever imagined living at the Stone Caravan, always, after 2 hours here, I wonder how I can ever bring myself to leave.

The SolarVenti solar dehumidifier has transformed the place - on the opening the front door the air that rushes to greet you from the darkness is as cold as ever - colder perhaps - but fresh and as sweet as the air of an 800 year old building could ever be. The rugs and blankets hanging from hooks (beyond the reach of mice) are chilly, but crisply dry. The matches light first time. The pages of books curl like dry leaves, not like a day old salad.

There is still moisture here - at least enough to frost the inside of the windows; even now, at midday, the North facing window is white with ice flowers.

It's pumping away in the sunlight right now - or would be if I hadn't discovered how to switch off the fan (cold dry air being a good thing when I'm out, not so good when I'm sitting 5 feet from the outlet in thermal underwear, trying to get warm.

Best £500 investment I've made to date. I can now strongly recommend one to anyone with a dank spot in the house, a cellar, or north facing wall, or condensation plagued cupboards.

Moving back in was tricky - the ground has thawed enough to leave the pasture as soft as chocolate mousse under the crust of snow, and the landrover, stuffed with bedding and warm clothing was bogged down in the slope within minutes. I had to reverse back, all the way to the farm and abandon the attempt until this morning, at 8, when there was enough frost to keep the wheels free.

Now the fire is hissing, as is the kettle, and I have a hot water bottle stuffed under my fleece to keep the vitals from freezing. Ugg boots look after one end, a cap the other, and my fingers are left to fend for themselves while I type (fingerless mittens perhaps?).

I have chocolate, bread, cheese, chutney, beans, tea, cigars (it's Christmas) and whisky. Oh, and oranges to see off scurvy.

Plenty of work to do (the laptop keeps my fingers a little warmer) and plans for the next big project - conversion of the old defunct range into a wood burning stove with cooking rings!"

Check out Tanya's blog here for what she's up to at the moment