Just wondering as autumn draws ever near, does anybody do anything over here for Bonfire Night? Sausages, hot jacket potatoes, sparklers?

Nothing at all AFAIK. Halloween is the big deal.

Yeah, we're off to a big one near our place before settling down in Hampton Court Palace for a good old fashioned firework display while we sip on champers. We're not, however, in Canada

Had a bonfire last year on my father in laws acreage

I much prefer Bonfire Night myself. Nothing beats standing around a big bonfire with a guy on top, in your anorak, watching crap fireworks but eating sausages in a roll with onions while it drizzled a bit.

We're not allowed to buy or set off fireworks in Calgary city limits, and speaking as a burns physio I shall personally be very glad when "Fire-pit" season is done!

My own son was burned two days ago after somebody threw gasoline on a firepit that had died, and he relit it with his lighter. I have just this minute finished dressing his burns to his hand, and he has lost all his lovely long eylashes!

Just remember yous guys, firepits and alcohol are a recipe for disaster!

Having said that, we often get invited up to our friends' acreage near Bowden for Bonfire Night celebrations and an evening of jolly fun.

Isn't it just natural selection at work?

agree with that, my friends husband is still in intensive care 8 weeks after mixing those two things

Unfortunately people learn the hard way. And like all these things, you never think it'll happen to you (until it does)

Sorry to hear about your friend Louise. Here's my boy .... thankfully not near as bad as it might have been!

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who's even heard of it - but bonfire night is a much better tradition than halloween. As a kid I remember being able to buy 10 rocket bangers for £1.50 and then launch them at crazy angles from empty bottles of panda pop; makes trick or treating seem a bit lame

We used to take the bangers to school and chuck them down into the 1st and 2nd year playground it would scare the p*ss out of them. What a riot.

Never did penny for the Guy though. I think that was a bit too post-war. My favourite were the jumping jacks, you never knew what they'd do.

Bonfire night is a tradition in Newfoundland...but for the fire rather than the fireworks. We hold a Guy Fawkes party every year - bring one large firework and we'll provide the fire-in-a-rusty-45-gallon-drum plus the Chilli. It goes down quite well with our crowd!

Never did penny for the guy either. Tho I do remember going round with one of those hand trucks you used to get on farms and collecting wood and stuff (well anything that would burn) to stick on our local bonfire.

If you have sparklers I'd say that was close. Sounds pretty cool actually.

Bangers placed in cow pats - especially freshly laid ones - with just the fuse poking out.

Spectacular.

I like your style.