Bad luck. Rainy day today and we have our two day sports day starting today. I'm going to get wet?

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Originally Posted by Hayles66

Bad luck. Rainy day today and we have our two day sports day starting today. I'm going to get wet?

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Will water sports feature, more by accident than by design?

Hope the days go well.

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No, I don't think we are swimming but that's only because I help run the track events and wouldn't know. I'll go check out the schedule.
Nope. No swimming. I wonder whether the budget is too tight this year. We have struggled financially this year and last. We have to compete with 5 other schools and two of those are private. There is just not enough students to go around in the country.

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Originally Posted by Richard Brown

It fired up OK and took well, after the 3rd dose of gel. The briquettes are old, but dry. The supposedly part cooked food for the BBQ ended up fully cooked and too tender for the BBQ. It was a shame, so better luck next time.

Also, I need some BBQ tools for holding and turning the food, as against putting our oven fittings to use :O

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If possible, I recommend switching to a gas grill. We have a gas hookup to the grill at our primary home, and my husband uses refillable gas tanks at our other home. It makes for much more convenient grilling and cleanup than briquettes, so we grill more, and on the fly, because it fires right up. It's also easier to control the cooking temperature.

Love gas fireplaces, too. Flip a switch and there's a fire. Flip off, and no cleanup.

We are watching the ITV News showing the first of the overseas athletes arriving at Heathrow for the Olympics.

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Posting pictures of the roadwork this morning near my house.

Posting more photos of graffiti art.

Listening to a mix of Italian and Chinese opera and getting a snack.

I don't know Kay. The idea of having a BBQ is to grill over a real fire (wood, briquettes etc...). If you use gas then you may as well do it indoors. Yes, it's more mess but it's the taste from the various wood flavours that give the meat an outdoorsy flavour.
Having said that, we do have a gas BBQ for when it's too windy, rainy etc...
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Originally Posted by Hayles66

I don't know Kay. The idea of having a BBQ is to grill over a real fire (wood, briquettes etc...). If you use gas then you may as well do it indoors. Yes, it's more mess but it's the taste from the various wood flavours that give the meat an outdoorsy flavour.
Having said that, we do have a gas BBQ for when it's too windy, rainy etc...
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I don't find charcoal briquettes and lighter fluid an especially appealing flavor, lol. (I don't think many people use actual wood for grilling nowadays in most burbs and cities, though you might, because you live in a rural area.)

The grills we have are actually two-fers that allow gas or charcoal, and there's some way to add wood for smoking purposes to impart flavor. I'm clueless how they work, because my husband does all the cooking and grilling. I like the results, though, lol.

I know what you mean about the smoky favor of real wood-cooked meat, but I don't think most people are cooking it that way at home. I'm a big barbecue fan, and real barbecue to me comes from the Texas Barbecue Trail, where they do use wood, straight from trees, and local meat. I've been three times on cross-country trips, and love it. Those decades-old barbecue joints are the real thing, and I don't expect that at home.