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[Beachball]

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You are not joking about the wood and more BBQs to enjoy 🙏

 

[otherclive]

They are probably similar, but I have never used the Weber ones.. With the heat beads, they seem to give off more heat, last longer. When we have finished cooking we remove the grill and close up the weber. This obviously stops them burning and we can reuse them with fresh ones for the next BBQ. They don't crumble like the normal briquette.

Thanks they do sound very similar, and just like you I close the bbq down after cooking and then there is some briquettes left for next time.

 

[Hutch]

I am going to try for the first time some briquettes made from Coconut shells, supposed to burn hotter and longer.
Anyone tried these.

 

[otherclive]

Heaps of firewood! We have a bit of ground, our own campsite in the DNP, where I cook over the fire all the time. I did not count that! We have a gas Outback at home, we use that more than the kitchen if it ain’t “persistently” raining. I cut, ring and hand split all my wood. 👍

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That’s similar to my son’s approach. He has an area of mixed woodland in the Lynfi Valley which supplies him with wood for the stove. He’s got a barn and storage shelters to season his wood. Then if there are any tree fallings in the adjacent woods the owner allows the villagers to use them, and they are like Hobbits when it comes to collecting the wood.

 

[otherclive]

I am going to try for the first time some briquettes made from Coconut shells, supposed to burn hotter and longer.
Anyone tried these.

I’ve seen them but never tried them. So be interested to get your feedback.

 

[Buckman]

I am going to try for the first time some briquettes made from Coconut shells, supposed to burn hotter and longer.
Anyone tried these.

Won't the milk get burned? 🤣 Has anyone cooked bananas on a BBQ? Once cooked, mash the banana and add to a bacon sarmy. Very tasty.

 

[ProfJohnL]

Not quite on topic, but definitely related, I came across this YouTube video, where a couple of lads topped up 2011 1.6L diesel Passat in Morocco, and drove all the way to Heathrow on 77L2 of fuel (just one tank full) that was 1484 odd (sorry I mean even) miles which averaged 87.6 mpg.

 

[Buckman]

Quite possible. Ferry from Morocco to Spain and then ferry from Santander to Portsmouth. Piece of cake. LOL! 🤣 🤣

 

[Beachball]

At present not a lover of the M6 today been manic never seen so many caravans with small hatchback cars . We have been visiting some caravans dealers . coming back to Ripple View Valley Lodges near Blackburn got on a country road just had loose chippings it said 10mph the other way a lorry pass and a stone threw from him onto my windscreen so now got Autoglass booked next Monday at my home we should be home in the morning But apart from that been very happy with the car ( except driving fatigue alert keeps coming on can you switch it off)

 

[otherclive]

At present not a lover of the M6 today been manic never seen so many caravans with small hatchback cars . We have been visiting some caravans dealers . coming back to Ripple View Valley Lodges near Blackburn got on a country road just had loose chippings it said 10mph the other way a lorry pass and a stone threw from him onto my windscreen so now got Autoglass booked next Monday at my home we should be home in the morning But apart from that been very happy with the car ( except driving fatigue alert keeps coming on can you switch it off)

It was pretty awful on M6 last Friday as we drove south from the Lakes. M42 and M5 not a lot better either.

 

[Beachball]

It was pretty awful on M6 last Friday as we drove south from the Lakes. M42 and M5 not a lot better either.

Hi Clive I feel for you last Friday because I know those motorways and they are not great but I am not happy only had my new car for 7 weeks now got to repair the windscreen when we get home in a couple of days 🙏

 

[Buckman]

M6 on Fridays is definitely a road to avoid. I have seen northbound stopped traffic for several or more miles and this was back in the mid nineties. At the time I had a part time job delivering new Vauxhalls all around the country.

 

[Devonisheaven]

Won't the milk get burned? 🤣 Has anyone cooked bananas on a BBQ? Once cooked, mash the banana and add to a bacon sarmy. Very tasty.

Pop in a couple slithers of Anchovy for that “bit” extra! 😋

 

[RogerL]

It was pretty awful on M6 last Friday as we drove south from the Lakes. M42 and M5 not a lot better either.

It must have all been going northbound - we used the M42, M6 and A14 on Friday going to Suffolk for a short break without the caravan - I've never know the traffic so light - maybe it was all jammed up near Manchester?

 

[otherclive]

It must have all been going northbound - we used the M42, M6 and A14 on Friday going to Suffolk for a short break without the caravan - I've never know the traffic so light - maybe it was all jammed up near Manchester?

Sorry but I don’t understand. If the traffic was all going northbound I wouldn’t have encountered so many delays that turned a normal 5 hr southbound journey into an 8 hr journey.

 

[RogerL]

Sorry but I don’t understand. If the traffic was all going northbound I wouldn’t have encountered so many delays that turned a normal 5 hr southbound journey into an 8 hr journey.

Then I misunderstood your post - I can only assume that congestion and delays from the Lakes down to the M42 was restricting the flow of traffic as the M6 east of the M42 had very light traffic on Friday.

 

[otherclive]

Then I misunderstood your post - I can only assume that congestion and delays from the Lakes down to the M42 was restricting the flow of traffic as the M6 east of the M42 had very light traffic on Friday.

I think we are talking different Fridays. I travelled 20 June. I only detoured on to the Toll because of reported long delays where you leave the M6 for the M5 southbound.

 

[RogerL]

I think we are talking different Fridays. I travelled 20 June. I only detoured on to the Toll because of reported long delays where you leave the M6 for the M5 southbound.

Sounds likely - I travelled 27th June! But as you probably discovered, the M42 has massive construction works going on too.