insideKENT Magazine Issue 88 - July 2019 | Page 153

OUTDOORLIVING THE PERFECT PICNIC SUMMER IS FINALLY UPON US, WHICH CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING – SUNNY SOIREES GALORE! OUR FAVOURED WAY TO EAT AL FRESCO IS THE HUMBLE PICNIC, AN UNDERSTATED BUT BRILLIANT WAY TO GATHER YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND RELISH AN AFTERNOON SPENT IN THE FRESH AIR. CHILLED DRINKS, GREAT FOOD AND A FEW ESSENTIAL PIECES OF KIT ARE ALL YOU NEED TO PULL OFF THE PERFECT PICNIC WITH APLOMB. HERE’S SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT… THE ESSENTIALS: Double Bottle Cooler Picnic Basket, £75, www.dibor.co.uk Sophie Allport Horses Picnic Blanket, £35, www.houghtoncountry.co.uk 64 South Waddling Ducks Picnic Blanket, £39, www.64south.co.uk Joules Tweed Picnic Basket, £99.95, www.houghtoncountry.co.uk Quantock British Four Person Family Picnic Basket, £149, www.dibor.co.uk Weaver Green Tabby Herringbone Blanket, £45, www.weavergreen.com KEEPING LITTLE ONES ENTERTAINED: Giant Pass the Pigs, £9.99, www.amazon.co.uk Leapfrog Shapes & Sharing Picnic Basket (6 – 36 months), £14.99, www.amazon.co.uk Piccolo one-pack pouch meals, from £1.10 www.mylittlepiccolo.com 153