What is this.... a barbecue in winter??

Well no not quite... technically its April which means its technically spring. So it was an attempt at the first barbecue of the summer months. Unfortunately, Britain doesn't seem to get 'hot months' so rather than sit inside eagerly rubbing our hands together throughout April, May and June awaiting 'summer' to arrive and bring with it heat and sunlight only to be disappointed when July and August arrives and it rains anyway and you STILL have to wear a jacket everywhere... we thought we would rebel against the elements.

Or at the very least we cleaned up outside and had a practice BBQ.

And what do you know we actually got the BBQ to work... although we'll admit it was touch and go for a while there...

Particularly when Erin dropped a burger down into the coals and we both screamed... Apparently , 'you're not supposed to scream' when you're cooking on the BBQ. However I maintain that this was a genuinely scary moment... nobody likes to see good food meet an end like that.

And it was good food. Nothing but the best quality for our guests. Although we would like to apologise for the Iceland sausages (the supermarket, not the country) I'd like to give that Kerry Katona woman a slap. Mum's should not go to Iceland under any circumstance.. unless they want their children to feast on processed foods and preservatives.

How were we to know that 40 sausages for £2 wasn't going to end well?


In the future we'll know to read the contents before we buy... and to look for food that doesn't contain 'beef connective tissue'


And at the end of the night we pulled out the shish and all was forgiven.


A nice practice run for summer we thought and how prepared we shall be when the weather actually does warm up!