A countryside ranger was involved in a heated conversation with a man using a portable stove in the tinderbox-dry bushes of Buckinghamshire’s Coombe Hill on Saturday.
The ranger sternly reminded the defiant cook that using an open-flame stove in the baking conditions could prove dangerous.
Clad in a light blue patterned short-sleeved shirt, the bearded chef looked glum as the ranger reprimanded him.
The heated exchange on the hill – which overlooks the Prime Minister’s residence at Chequers – came just a day after the Government’s national warning amid the wildfires ravaging the country.
Andy Burnham was heavily criticised for using the UK’s national
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