The official 2014 warm sunshine and BBQ thread...

[Puggit]

There's no great story of warmth and limitless sunshine around the corner, but as I'm sat outside in the sunshine with a beer cooking a spatch cocked chicken I thought I'd open the annual proceedings.



Incidentally, as I flew over the Thames Valley yesterday morning at some ungodly hour, there was a beautiful frost!

[GTIR]

I'm still waiting for you to tell when I can deliver this rum.

[Puggit]

Got some bad news for you GTIR, I've done a few flights outside the EU recently and have a large stock of dark Havana Club

[GTIR]

Oh.

So do you need Becks and some anaemic chicken?

[Puggit]

Chicken was nicely cooked after an hour

[LukeDM]

I went to my first BBQ of 2014 on Wednesday night, a bit cold, a bit rainy and a bit windy. Perfect!

[RemaL]

Had a BBQ yesterday. That was about the 6th of this year. I think I've had a BBQ outside (good old Fashioned Coal BBQ) not that girly Gas crap every month for about the last year.

I think the first I had was about a week into Jan 2014.

[Lurking Lawyer]

OK, who's going to break it to Puggit that what he has there is just an outside cooker, not a barbecue?!

[Patch1875]

Had 3 barby's already up here in East lothian.

[Patch1875]

Had 3 barby's already up here in East lothian.

[SlimRick]

Second BBQ of the year. Proper charcoal and black crispy chicken on the back of a boat.

[Gorilla Boy]

'koff its overcast here!

[MiniMan64]

It's cheating here.

From inside it looks lovely and hot and sunny.

It isn't.

[RemaL]

SlimRick said:

Second BBQ of the year. Proper charcoal and black crispy chicken on the back of a boat.

nice to see a real mans BBQ there

[mcelliott]

No BBQ shots yet but the weather's been great here today (although these pics are from last week), probably about 15 or 16 degrees c, with only a very light south easterly breeze.

[Silver940]

Any truth in the rumoured Heatwave in a couple of weeks time then?

Obligatory BBQ shot from the weekend, quick and unplanned

[P-Jay]

Took No1 son out on his bike at the weekend, weather was perfect!

[Puggit]

Silver940 said:

Any truth in the rumoured Heatwave in a couple of weeks time then?

My 5 year old told me about this, this morning!!

I better go and investigate...

[Puggit]

The signs are GOOD for a prolonged summery spell arriving in the latter part of next week. Not certain at this point, but looking very hopeful

[Silver940]