15:57:11
I made an earlier start today, hoping I might have it going properly before it got thoroughly dark.16:44:19
Definitely some coals burning there - albeit I probably didn't have enough coals in the pan for a serious fire at this stage.17:02:11
17:21:09
So I added a few more, which set things back a bit...
17:25:34
17:40:02
Eventually though it seemed to be ready to put on some potatoes.17:46:20
Nice glow here.17:55:13
Also got out the billy can to cook a bit of pasta.
18:01:19
18:29:52
...and then some burgers in my new camping frying pan (I think these were Moving Mountains burgers).18:59:55
Potatoes almost done I think. They were really good - such a different flavour cooking them this way compared to using an electric oven.19:16:13
The fairy lights.
19:19:23
Erika came out after dinner to roast some marshmallows.19:53:31
Tried to kick start the fire a bit as a lot of the coals round the edges seemed to remain black and seemingly unburny.20:01:21
Eventually the fire went out and it looked like a lot of the coals hadn't thoroughly burnt through. I suspect a more enclosed fire pit / chiminea might help here.