The Weather Yesterday Gave Me The Chance To Play With My Son And Give My Wife A Break
What a lovely day we had yesterday. The climate was superb for once so I was able to get outside into the garden and trim the grass. I was only marginally held back by Will assisting me by holding the wire until he remembered that he's got a Fisher-Price lawn mower and he decided to follow me around with that.
I was hoping to have a bbq in the afternoon but that wasn't to be as the first Mrs Izzard wasn't feeling very well. She's been feeling a bit ropey all week as a result of her latest chemotherapy treatment last Tuesday. So I've been endeavouring to keep Will active and out of her way so we had a game of football in the garden and then picked onions, peas and courgettes from the vegetable patch. The courgettes were enormous, quite how I hadn't seen them previously I don't know but there we are.
Once the veggies were cleaned and packed away, I went with him down to the park which is one of his favourite places. It's lovely, has a sizable pond in the middle which is home to a large flock of geese and ducks and a smashing playground for kids. Yesterday the playground was jammed which was fine news for Will as there were lots of children for him to play with. There must have been a big Irish wedding in the village as nearly all of the people there had strong accents and much of red hair was in evidence.
There are plenty of dwellings around the outside of the park and many of the neighbours were taking advantage of the climate and one in particular had got a party round the bbq which was spreading a strong perfume of sizzling meat and smoke across the parish which made me sad that we were not having one ourselves.
It seems to have been ages since we took out my gas bbq from its cover and had a proper cookout. We have used it many times this year so far, we're on our second gas bottle already, but not in recent weeks. If the weather on Thursday is like it has been over the last couple of days then I will be lighting it as we are entertaining the in-laws over to eat. The last time they came was the first time that we needed all three burners and the fats and marinades spilling made sure that it wasn't only the gas bbq that was cooking the food as the extra flames ignited so that it looked like the firebox of a steam locomotive.
I did mess with the idea over the weekend of buying a basic kettle charcoal bbq as next weekend the first Mrs Izzard will be over the effects of the chemo and will be able to go out so I was thinking about taking a trip out to Cannock Chase which has a big area set aside for picnics, games and generally spending a day in the sunshine.
Because we are about as far as it is possible to get in England from the coast, many families go there as an alternative to a day on the sands and take along a charcoal bbq to cook lunch. It's a shame there isn't a lake there but there is lots of areas to explore, walk or cycle as it is a designated area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is also the myth of a big cat living in the forests for the truly adventurous.
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