All in all, a lovely weekend. Saturday was one of those rare gorgeous sunny days when everything is just perfect out – it was only slightly marred for me by getting caught up in the rugby crowd around Twickenham on my way over to Clapham for a barbie on the Common (oh and nearly breaking my back slugging the cooler around). However, we managed to overcome the difficulties (find ice, find beer, try to find cold beer, fail to find cold beer, find ice in Iceland, make warm beer cold…) and spent a lovely afternoon drinking and eating half cooked sausages (and leaving a couple of small black scars on the grass – yes I know it says to use the disposable BBQ on a “heat-resistant surface”, but, c’mon, who reads instructions?).

Also, appreciate the comedy value of the packaging for Tesco disposable BBQs. They are labelled as “the complete barbeque in one box”, with the caveat, in block letters, of “FOOD NOT INCLUDED”.

Sunday completed the full selection of seasons for the weekend, by providing us with Winter, Spring and Autumn as we wandered round Greenwich in the rain/sun/rain/humidity…