The finally-got-round-to-it annual barbecue

1.   Buy food.
2.   Oops – rebuild the barbecue.
3.   Check there is charcoal left in the charcoal bag.
4.   Find out what time the wanderer can arrive.
5.   Put firelighters on barbecue.
6.   Pour charcoal over.
7.   Discover there’s nothing like enough charcoal.
8.   Cycle to supermarket to get more. And extra sausages just in case.
9.   Pour more charcoal over.
10. Discover firelighters are so old they don’t light.
11. Walk run to corner shop for new firelighters.
12. Light barbecue as rain starts.
13. Wonder where the gazebo is.
14. Agree which half of barbecue is vegetarian and which half is carnivore.
15. Cook until raw.
16. Eat.
17. Drink.
18. Be merry.
19. Wonder where that second camping gas lamp could possibly have been put last year.
20. Promise to remember to have next year's barbecue as close to the longest day of the years as weather permits.
21. Discover there is far, far too much charcoal on the barbecue and use litres of water to douse it since the rain has stopped.
22. Put kitchen things back in the kitchen.
23. Put shed things back in the shed and discover three half-used bags of charcoal from last year’s barbecue, from 2013’s and from 2012’s.
24. Vow to remember where the charcoal is for 2016...
25. ...and find that second camping gas lamp.