| Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by broadgage at 03:03, 8th June 2024 |     |
I feel that new orders for diesel-only trains should be banned immediately, along with bi-modes capable of over 110mph. However ...
A very interesting discussion as a small group of us chewed over a barbie yesterday
Not very environmentally friendly
A charcoal barbeque is fairly environmentally friendly IF the charcoal is produced locally from either a sustainably managed woodland, or from trees that needed to be cut down in any case. NOT imported from china !
And if the meat or alternatives was also locally produced.
LPG barbecues are not green, but with sensible use are not much worse than a gas cooker in ones kitchen.
An electric barbecue is as green as the electricity used.
In the rare case of an air conditioned home, ANY outdoor cooking is greener than cooking indoors and use of air conditioning to remove the heat produced.
| Barbeque Posted by TaplowGreen at 16:25, 18th July 2025 | |
Not BBQ weather this weekend!
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 18:36, 17th May 2026 | |
Why is Sunday running not included in these services? Demand to travel between major tourist centres (Oxford, Bath and Bristol) is likely to be at least as high on a Sunday as any other day.
It wasn't in the Section 22A application to the (ORR) either for the 2-hourly service from tomorrow, or the hourly service from next May.The two most likely reasons:
1) Availability of paths on a Sunday due to engineering works.
2) Availability of staff on a Sunday due to historic reasons.
Agreed it would be nice, and appropriate, to provide a Sunday service as well. Perhaps when Sunday's are in the working week?
'When' the civil servants at GBR actually grapple / deal with that issue. While they are working on an occasional Sunday, perhaps?
By the way:
2) Availability of staff on a Sunday due to historic reasons.
Barbeques, mostly, with credit to member Taplow Green for that source. 
| This one is for a member of the Coffee Shop forum - no names given ;-) Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 15:46, 24th May 2026 | |
From the BBC:
Bank Holiday BBQ
Break out the barbie this Bank Holiday. We've got everything you need for an alfresco bumper barbecue from coleslaw to cocktails.
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Break out the barbie this Bank Holiday. We've got everything you need for an alfresco bumper barbecue from coleslaw to cocktails.
(BBC article continues)
| Re: Weather updates from across the UK and implications for infrastructure - 2026 Posted by TaplowGreen at 17:55, 21st June 2026 | |
The previous highest temperature for June is 35.6 degrees. It seems likely that this record will be broken in the next few days,with 36 forecast for London.
Expect a bad week with extremes like that.
I would say with those temperatures even BBQs should probably be avoided.
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:42, 28th June 2026 | |
If anyone mentions BBQs, I shall ... I shall ... No - just please don't.
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by TaplowGreen at 20:08, 28th June 2026 | |
If anyone mentions BBQs, I shall ... I shall ... No - just please don't. 
I would imagine last night's match in New York may have had more than a little influence on crew availability today......football matches where beer is involved have previously been cited by those in the know as a contributory factor!
That's not to say of course that said match, given the late kick off was not preceeded by food prepared outdoors over charcoal on a type of grill?
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by broadgage at 00:22, 11th July 2026 | |
If anyone mentions BBQs, I shall ... I shall ... No - just please don't.
I would imagine last night's match in New York may have had more than a little influence on crew availability today......football matches where beer is involved have previously been cited by those in the know as a contributory factor!
That's not to say of course that said match, given the late kick off was not preceded by food prepared outdoors over charcoal on a type of grill?
A minority of outdoor grills use LPG or even electricity to produce a similar result to charcoal.
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by bobm at 08:29, 11th July 2026 | |
As opposed to me who uses electricity to make food look like charcoal.
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 02:09, 12th July 2026 | |
I am now wondering whether I should set myself yet another target, of moving and merging some various previous posts into a definitive 'barbeque' topic - perhaps 'on the lighter side', here on the Coffee Shop forum?
CfN.
| Re: Barbeques, on the railway and elsewhere - ongoing discussion Posted by chuffed at 15:22, 12th July 2026 | |
I saw what you did there CfN....before anyone throws briquettes at you.
