Cooking up a storm over BBQs on the bank

摘要

I could have wept the other week when I learnt that someone had erected an ugly black BBQ stand set in concrete on one of my favourite moorings on the Barbridge Arm of the Shropshire Union overlooking the picturesque village of Church Minshull. How could anyone have been such a philistine as to besmirch the countryside with this eyesore? How could anyone have thought that the provision of a facility like this could improve such a delightful spot?