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Do you ever bbq in parks/at beach?

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Vopik · 19/06/2024 14:19

Maybe I’m unobservant but when we’re at the beach/local parks I rarely see this. Perhaps I will see a group of teenagers using the foil tin bbq on the odd bank holiday. But it’s not something I routinely see.

I have a big birthday coming up. We just bought our first home so tight on cash. Dh suggested we find a nice stretch of the Thames (we are in Buckinghamshire) and do a bbq with close family. Just seems such a faff. Would involve a fair amount of walking/lugging.

I’m quite happy just to put together a posh picnic with wine and call it a day.

but is this a thing you do regularly? BBQ in public?

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Ohmydreams · 19/06/2024 14:31

Could you do the bbq at your new home? Also the disposing of it would.be difficult...

Crunchymum · 19/06/2024 14:30

What do you mean "find a nice stretch of the Thames?" how is that a park or beach?

Idontjetwashthefucker · 19/06/2024 14:26

Not here. Spent a lot of time in Australia over the last few years and have very frequently made use of the public BBQs that are at the beach/parks/rest stops.

When we were kids, dad used those disposable BBQs on days out, burger with fried onions on the beach, the smell still takes me back. Shame people can't dispose of them properly these days which is why a lot, if not all, places have stopped selling them

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 19/06/2024 14:22

I've done both with Scouts. BBQ at beach and bbq in parks.

And yes it's a faff. But fun.