my friends bought me a Cobb...

[BlueCollie]

My friends came up to visit me today and surprised me by buying me a Cobb. They knew I wanted one but am really skint right now and so bought me one. I am so happy and can't wait to try it and just wanted to tell some people who actually no what one is

You are so lucky and I am so jealous! LOL
Enjoy!

SeaShells I'm going to have a stab at a pavlova, Seth is doing the souffle and new to the comp is DB on her cadac with sushi.

Join in!

Rofl at that stupid marshmallow stick. What a croc of shite. Ten bleeding pounds for two of them. Sheesh.
Lol @ Poledra's pedant rage.

I've been perusing the recipe book and got a few ideas-but I wouldn't attempt a lot of it in my kitchen let alone on a campsite!!

I need to get practicing before our first camp in May :)

Competition? Cooking? Camping? How exciting! Tell me more!

Cobb 'tis superb :)

ooooooooooooh slub i think i am going to buy the black outwell sims Right Now. (weirdly, one of them will be the ACTUAL ONE that your children were lying on yesterday.)

i must say, the young man who is assisting me is being most helpful and has sent a photo so that i can decide between the little 2.5 or the bigger, cheaper 3cm.

Oh that does look fab. Will have to figure out where in the car i could fit it.... are the briquettes pricey?

Oh are you buying them from Casey's?! Thank you for doing that. They are SO helpful there and lovely.

We lay on the display ones only, I hope you are going to get a fresh still packaged one.

flat mouse the Cobb stones are quite pricey, about a quid each, but easy to light (ish) and only smoke for a minute or two and then last for probably 3 hours or so. You can just use standard BBQ coals if you want.

i want four and they only have three in stock, so i will be taking the ex-display on if the price is right.
he was v sweet and recommending the 3cm ones, but they look so much bigger in the photo so size is a priority. plus these ones have a non-slip thing going on that i think i will like. i sometimes get a bit seasick sliding all over the place while camping.

Yes. I very much liked the idea of the non slip backing, although we tested on carpet tiles so am unable to reassure you of their non slippyness.

Hope you get a good deal.

oh good, glad the idea appealed to you, he seems to imply that it is a bit gimmicky but the idea of sleeping bag not sliding v attractive to me, considering we are basically going to build a nest in there for the four of us.

Oh I see you want the non slip bobbles to stop YOU sliding off it, yes that would work too I guess. I was thinking to stop the mats themselves from slipping on the floor. I wrap fleece blankets around the dds (already inside sleeping bags) and tuck them underneath the mats, that reduces them sliding off.

i don't think they'll have room to slide on the floor, tbh, we're basiclly flooring the whole room if this works out. so i had thought a blanket underneath to catch condensation. either way, though, i think it's worth investigating esp as they are so dinky.

Dinky they are, with a compression strap too.