WE GATHER A PICNIC BASKET: WHAT SHOULD WE PUT THERE?

Sometimes we eager to go away the “concrete jungle”, to amalgamate with nature and go on a picnic! But delicious are not enough to turn it out well. The following you should remember going on a picnic.

First of all, make a list a few days before the planned picnic. Occasionally you will remember things which in fact will be very important and indispensable. Enter them into your list. This will help you not only to forget anything but also give time to think about the suitability of one or another detail of rest.

Turn off the phones and all main communication devices. There is nothing sadder than a man on the shore of a beautiful lake or near the fire, looking for a network to play a game or do some more nonsense with phone. Rest is a rest.

If you have a set for a picnic you are very lucky. Its presence significantly reduces all preparations for going to the nature. Typically, it contains of cooler bag, dinner-sets (such as knives, forks, spoons, corkscrew and plates), board, simple spices and plaid. But if you put things for a picnic yourself it is not a problem because all you need for a picnic is at every home. It is only necessary to do it competently.

So, at first you need to decide what a picnic it will be. Because a set for one night will be different essentially from the set with which you plan to spend outdoors several days.

A picnic for one day

Thus, the “minimum set” for the simplest picnic where you will spend some wonderful hours must include:

Clothing should consist of comfortable shoes and clothing suitable for the weather. However, do not forget about a couple of warm sweaters, trousers, blankets. The weather can change very quickly and in the evening it can become suddenly cold.

Concerning dinner-sets a progress gave us disposable tableware. Use it and discard after using. It doesn’t just lighten the burden but also significantly simplify the process of cleaning. Do not forget about disposable tablecloths. Such things are not redundant on the open air.

Devices for cooking are from skewers and brazier to barbecue setup.

Wood or charcoal (if you cannot find them on a picnic place). Matches.

The most popular thing in the first-aid kit is repellent from mosquitoes. It’s nice if there is automobile first-aid kit with all the necessary content.

Of course, the products that you plan to cook outdoors and have cooked at home. Ready meals can be packed in special containers with foil so that they remain warm longer. Such containers throw out after using. So you needn’t take them back.

Do not take a lot. Take into account the number of persons and personal preferences. At home prepare salads and sandwiches or take fresh vegetables and fruits. Don’t forget about water and juices.

Hygiene facilities such as wet wipes, clean water and liquid soap are indispensable in the open air.

Games for entertainment. If you go for one day you’ll not play enough but the ball will never left unnoticed. You can take badminton, Frisbee or boomerang. If you have a kite, take it. Where else you can run it if not in the open air?

Serious picnic

If you are planning a full-scale vacation for a few days, the list mentioned above should be substantially completed.

If you eat food cooked by yourself day-and-night you must think of cooking utensils such as copper, saucepan.

To look for dry branches and firewood in the forest all the time will be problematic. In a case of so long picnic it is better to bring with you everything: firewood, charcoal, special means for kindling etc.

It’s impossible to make a picnic without adequate and comfortable conditions for living and sleeping. Therefore, we must take: tent, sleeping bags, plaids and blankets, may be air mattresses, tourist foams (they protect from overcooling and block access to cold night air in the tent), hammock.

We recommend you to increase your stock of clothes. Perhaps the weather will change, you will get dirty and if it is near the lake you’ll want to swim. So should take clothes taking into account all these points. Just in case, you can take raincoats and rubber boots with you.

You also should take the first aid kit in the “increased” version. Everything can happen from an allergy to the banal temperature.

For being some days in the open air you’ll need personal hygiene products such as toothbrushes, combs, towels and so on.

The most important thing at rest is a camera, of course. It will help to keep the brightest moments of rest that will be succeeding surely!