To think my neighbour is selfish tw*t for lighting a fire

How sensible and thoughtful .

We should then it's really clear from the outset.

It's only tempory and has a massive impact

Not true - this was an official BBQ set up and run by the local park we hired for the day. They were still happy to rent it to us despite the warning, so... Plus, it was a good few degrees cooler today anyway...

To whom?

And what do you think would happen?

Are you the person who reported their neighbours for having two walks a day during Covid?!

Id report.

What a bell end.your neighbour is! Unbelievable!

You'd have to have been living on the moon not to know what the alert was about though even if you didn't get it.

He is a twat. We went to a garden party yesterday, the fire pit we usually would have was filled with fake candle tealights instead. None of us would have dreamed of wanting flames with all the dry grass around.

Oh Good Grief! It's not about being so desperate for a 'burger' (more like butterflied lamb leg here!) It's about not following nonsensical rules that are completely made up by some judgypants that doesn't have the intelligence to understand and interpret the rules and the reasons behind them and has set themselves up as self appointed, uneducated, judgemental Guardians of Garden BBQ Activity.

Are you really that desperate to cook a burger outside? Whether you think it’s safe or not accidents happen and not everyone is that responsible. Other countries ban this sort of thing outright during wildfire season.

Also low risk: using a washing machine, using a cooker in your kitchen, charging your phone or laptop, starting your car, using a vape...the list is endless. It is absolutely fine to safely and responsibly use garden BBQ.

No one with any common sense or respect for neighbours should be lighting fires or using bbq equipment. Low risk, even very low risk, isn’t no risk. The Fire Service asked for that warning to go out because they are so worried and they are the ones in the front line. It only takes one spark when the ground is this dry.

You can contact firestoppers (like crime stoppers) and report him: 0800 169 5558 or fill in a firm on forms.iline.co.uk

He’ll probably report you for using a hose.

Since the thread had moved on to talking about BBQs and your post was sandwiched between posts talking about BBQs, it seems reasonable to presume you were continuing the conversation, rather than randomly skipping back to an earlier part of the thread without referencing it.

However, your point that I should read the OP was somewhat foolish, since if you'd read the thread you would have seen that I'd referenced and replied to the fire risk in an earlier post. Probably best just to accept your error and move on rather than keep doubling down on your mistake.

I'm not embarrassed.

Why would I be when you singled out my response which was in reply to the OP about a neighbour lighting a FIRE to have a go at me about barbecues when I hadn't referenced them at all.

I wasn't talking to you or about barbecues. I was replying to the OP and not about barbecues, about fires.

IMO some people go ahead and do things that they’re asked or told NOT to, at least partly because they’re forbidden. It’s a sticking two fingers up, ‘Nobody’s going to tell ME what to do!’ attitude - sadly not uncommon, especially among certain types which I had better not name here.

Oh dear. I have read the opening post, and my previous comments do cover that I don't think a fire is safe (perhaps you should fully read the thread.)

My comments about BBQ are directly in response to, and quote, posts about BBQs. How embarrassing for you.

The thread is about someone setting a fire in their garden.

If you haven't even read the opening post I'm not sure why you're posting such a length diatribe about garden barbecues.

I don't see anyone refusing to comply with the perfectly reasonable ban on the use and sale of high fire risk disposible BBQs.

What's hugely irritating is people making up their own unneccessary rules and trying to stop people safely and responsibly using their low fire risk BBQs in their gardens which continues to be both a legal and reasonable thing to do. And then adding in a tonne of jugement and misplaced moral superiority.

If you think people shouldn't be using garden BBQs, all that proves is that you have an inability to interpret information, and/or you cannot undertake a reasonable risk assessment. Whilst you might think it makes you come across as morally superior, it actually makes you look rather foolish.

Right, but you realise that you've not been appointed as 'Minister for BBQ bans' and what you think is safe' is completely irrelevant. Garden BBQs, sited and used responsibly do not pose a high fire risk, and therefore it is both legal and reasonable to continue to use them regardless of what JudgyMcJudgerson erroneously thinks.

I’m not sure it is that safe to use a charcoal bbq. In most European countries they have fire bans in the summer. This includes charcoal bbqs because they know a spark can fly a long way. And gardens are just as dry as country areas at the moment, as the people in the house near me that burned down found out.

Some people just can't stand being told what to do.

We saw it all over the place during covid.

The minute someone says 'don't do that' they get all blustery about being controlled and will do the opposite.

But why? People stll want to have barbeques and buy charcoal. It's not up to shops to start making up false rules and restricting the sale of BBQ items. BBQing in the garden is perfectly legal and safe as long as you don't use the high fire risk disposables. Promoting the low fire risk, legally allowed alternative instead is surely responsible?

I've cancelled my birthday BBQ and we're going out for a family meal instead.