Serious question, why aren't the firewood stockpiles in very close proximity to the houses themselves? That's what we do in these parts of the world where I live (Eastern Europe), where even the apartment blocks that still rely on firewood store it very close to the buildings themselves, in walking distance (as can be seen via this GStreetView link [1])

[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5413445,22.4545999,3a,49y,10...