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One of the joys of living in a country that actually has seasons (as opposed to places like California with its endless blue skies that I don't envy at all) is that things change. Particularly here in Britain at this time of year, they can change with such vigour and speed that it's easy to get caught short in your shorts.
This weekend hails the second of our highly anticipated May bank holidays, and such is our very British nature that countless folk I know, and no doubt thousands of others up and down the country are already planning the long, slow piss-up that is a proper bank holiday BBQ, and they do so in the full knowledge that the weather might well just not play cricket; the event may well be rained off.
So this week's hour that matters - the hour we have together - is dedicated to plan B ... as well as plan A. Dishes and ideas that you can enjoy in the blistering sunshine, if things go that way, and equally you can transfer from the Great Outdoors to the Also Great Indoors if the rain clouds open. Fire your questions at me - and to mark vegetarian week, veggie barbecue recipe alternatives can be forthcoming if anyone wishes to pass on the meat.
BBQ fanatics - optimists and pessimists alike - I'll see you at 3pm.
