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The pitfalls of picnics (and how to avoid them)

Drizzle, dressed salads and the failure to pack a spare gazebo – most of these are problems that can be solved

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

4 July 2015

9:00 AM

Strange, isn’t it, that despite having such famously terrible weather, we Brits are so fond of a picnic. It’s something to do with making the most of what sunshine we get — but if you ever plan to eat outdoors, it will almost invariably end up raining. Never mind. There’s very little that we’re better at than embracing our terrible weather, and keeping buggering on.

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