National Picnic Week: 15-24 June

[Marjo]

Hi everyone!    

You might know from our poll topic the other day that my favourite summer meal takes place at a picnic in a park.  Did you know that today starts the National Picnic Week across the UK, 15-24 June?

To celebrate the National Picnic Week, I'd like to ask you all for some ideas for your perfect picnic! 

• What would be the ideal picnic location?
• What food(s) would you pack for your picnic? What drinks?
• How many people would be coming with you?
• Would you have any activities/games during the picnic, or is it just about the food?

Looking forward to reading about your perfect picnic and perhaps getting some ideas for mine too. 

(image from the picnic week website, here)

[Marjo]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Marjo wrote:

@jonsie OMG fried scorpions did you eat them?

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I did...along with Thai whisky & coke. They actually taste a little like well done chicken wings but with less meat!..

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Did they actually look like scorpions or were they just unidentified lumps @jonsie? If they were unidentified lumps I could proably try... otherwise it would take a LOT of convincing, probably over several days.  

@Anonymous Your picnic sounds lovely!  I would avoid the water I think as I don't like it very much. It's cold. I would happily paddle in a large hot tub though.

[jonsie]

They were actually scorpions in all their glory but with the stings removed.. you could line them up like toy soldiers though I resisted that urge for fear of a smack round the head with a handbag!

[Marjo]

I can confirm that I'm going to have a picnic next week! Sooooo happy!

Hoping to get some ideas from this topic included food-wise at least. @EmilieT and @Martin-O2 are also going! 

[jonsie]

Team picnic....brilliant.....but no shop talk! Relax and enjoy 😃

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@Marjo wrote:

I can confirm that I'm going to have a picnic next week! Sooooo happy!

Hoping to get some ideas from this topic included food-wise at least. @EmilieT and @Martin-O2 are also going! 

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[Cleoriff]

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@Marjo wrote:

I can confirm that I'm going to have a picnic next week! Sooooo happy!

Hoping to get some ideas from this topic included food-wise at least. @EmilieT and @Martin-O2 are also going! 

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Maybe my hubby would like to join you @Marjo. On second thoughts ....

[Anonymous]

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@Marjo wrote:

I can confirm that I'm going to have a picnic next week! Sooooo happy!

Hoping to get some ideas from this topic included food-wise at least. @EmilieT and @Martin-O2 are also going! 

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Great ... hope the weather stays fair for you 3 

[Marjo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@Marjo wrote:

I can confirm that I'm going to have a picnic next week! Sooooo happy!

Hoping to get some ideas from this topic included food-wise at least. @EmilieT and @Martin-O2 are also going! 

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Maybe my hubby would like to join you @Marjo. On second thoughts ....

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He's welcome to join us but we'll be in a public place, probably like middle of Hyde Park or something similar. 

@Anonymous I hope so too! Just checked the weather and it shows 24 degrees and sunny with some light winds. Perfect! 

[Cleoriff]

@Marjo  as he currently has two laptops open and my grandsons Surface Pro, if you add mine to the mix, this house currently looks like a branch of PC World. So I think he will 'give the picnic' a miss