Birthday BBQ

Today it was Chris's birthday and Lucy had planned a BBQ party. Here, in Spain, in July you can plan a BBQ and be pretty confident that it won't be rained off.

As you can see from the photos - there wasn't a cloud in the sky, it was red hot and perfect for a BBQ. Neil & Kev were volunteered by Lucy to sort the burgers, sausages and steak so that her Dad didn't have to be stuck behind the BBQ on his birthday,

Lucy tended bar,

And this is the birthday boy with the chefs enjoying a cold can of beer - but drink it quick boys, it goes warm very quickly in this heat!



Fortunately there was a cool breeze that was blowing around the corner of the buildings to help keep us cool but this gave us the biggest laugh of the afternoon. Lucy brought out a birthday cake with candles on and tried really hard to stop them blowing out. By the time the cake reached the table there was only about half of them still lit - nothing to laugh at there, that is to be expected.

Chris duly blew out the remaining candles and got ready to cut the cake - WHEN the breeze blew across the cake and actually got 2 of the candles to re-light, in dis-belief Chris blew them out again, only for them to re-light again. Chris turned to Lucy and asked if they were the joke candles that do re-light, but she assured him that they weren't it was just the breeze that was effectively 'fanning the embers' back to life. It went on for some time and there was a final cheer when Chris eventually got them all out.


Well, we are back home now, in the villa with the air conditioning on. I said it has been hot today but it's now almost 11pm and it is still 30c outside, and apparently it's due to get hotter next week.

Roll on September.