One of my colleagues gets all the wood she needs for her wood burner on Severn Beach, so I guess you could do similar. As for the gas fire, if you can't sell it, you could drop it over the Avon bridge to see if the splash is bigger than one of Hockney's.
Indeed, the opportunities are boundless. My father-in-law owns a fencing company and I regularly get a bootful of end cuts from him.
Another neighbour chopped a tree down, and with my reputation in the village as a free wood addict was quick to knock on my door. I was round faster than you could say "free heat all Winter" and between us we'd chopped it into short logs in half an hour.
In fact, the free wood scrounging is one of the fun parts of wood burner ownership.
