What was the occasion? I live on Tresco in the Isles of Scilly with my wife Kate, who grew up on the neighbouring island of Bryher. Every summer Aled and Astrid, our friends from Cologne, come to visit. They've been coming for 15 years now, usually on Aled's birthday. They're family friends, so we have all the in-laws over from Bryher and celebrate the occasion by going fishing with my brother-in-law, Neil – he's an excellent fisherman – and barbecuing the catch on the beach afterwards. There are usually around 20 of us, so it's quite a party. What was on the menu? We had line-caught, barbecued mackerel and pollock. This year we supplemented the catch with fresh lobster caught by a local...
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