Hello everyone! How was your weekend, any nice wins to report? Can you believe that I am still waiting for my first June win – going through my worst dry spell in years! To top it all it was the Isle of Wight Festival at the weekend, and hubby and I must have entered hundreds of competitions between us to try and win tickets but all to no avail! We had to make do with catching a vague waft of music floating on the breeze, and catch up coverage on the TV – fail!
Still, at least the weather has been good the last few weeks, so can’t really complain. We have been able to get out and about as often as we can, and weekend activities really start to ramp up now here on the Island with the Round the Island Race at the end of the month and various other sailing events and festivals to go and see. It does mean that my comping time is taking a back seat again though, which is a drawback of the summer but one that I can deal with.
One thing I do love about the summer months is packing up a picnic and heading off for a Greer Mystery Tour. Nothing better than making a load of sandwiches, throwing them in a picnic hamper with crisps, homemade cakes, fruit and a flask of coffee and seeing where the road takes you – we always manage to stumble upon some great picnic spots this way! Did you know that this week (13-21 June 2015) is National Picnic Week – what better way to get the family outdoors for some al fresco dining and fun!
To celebrate The PrizeFinder has a fantastic exclusive competition for all our members to win a fabulous four person picnic hamper! The Buckingham Luxury Wicker Picnic Hamper comes complete with built in chiller compartment, blanket and enough plates, wine glasses and accessories to take four people on a picnic in comfortable style! To enter this competition you need to be a registered PrizeFinder member, logged into your account and leave me a blog comment below with what your picnic essentials are. For me it has to be homemade sausage rolls – infinitely more tasty and satisfying than the flabby shop bought varieties. One comment per person please and remember that comments are moderated and won’t appear immediately. One entry will be drawn at random after the closing date of 23:59 on Sunday 21st June 2015 – Good luck!
Happy comping everyone, and lots of Lucky dust to you all!
Kirsty x
Terms and Conditions
- The prize is a Buckingham four person luxury wicker picnic hamper (prize may be substituted for another of equal or increased value if stocks become unavailable)
- The closing date for entries is 23:59 on Sunday 21st June 2014.
- Open to UK residents aged 18 or over
- Entrants must be registered PrizeFinder users and logged in to their account
- Entrants must leave a blog comment with their picnic essentials
- Only one entry per person
- One winner will be chosen at random from all entries
- The winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the closing date, and must confirm their postal address within 28 days or an alternative winner will be selected
Comments
Scotch eggs and little
Scotch eggs and little sausages are a must in our picnics.
Have to have crusty baguette,
Have to have crusty baguette, home made sausage rolls and fruit pies, washed down with lashings of lemonade
Salad sandwiches with salad
Salad sandwiches with salad cream, olives, sausage rolls, kitkats and fizz with a strawberry ! Classy
Pork pies, flask of tea and
Pork pies, flask of tea and picnic blanket - it's not the same on a picnic table!
Gas to be sausage rolls here
Gas to be sausage rolls here with salad cream! LOL
I love picnics and for me
I love picnics and for me it's lots of crisps I just love to snack on them
Corned Beef and Piccalilli on
Corned Beef and Piccalilli on crusty buns, mini pork pies homemade fruit cake and a bottle of Chardonnay :)
Homemade sausage rolls and
Homemade sausage rolls and quiche a must.
Pork Pie. No picnic is
Pork Pie. No picnic is complete without a juicy pie!
Picnic eggs, crusty bread,
Picnic eggs, crusty bread, pate, cheese, grapes, strawberries and cans of ready mixed pimms... delicious
Mine has to be Pringles and
Mine has to be Pringles and dip, always a favourite with everyone.
My picnic essentials are
My picnic essentials are Herby Wraps, then I bring along pots of cut up peppers, lettuce, cucumber, onions and cooked chicken. Then at the Picnic we make our own sandwich wraps.
pork pies and scotch eggs are
pork pies and scotch eggs are musts!
has to be pork pies for me
has to be pork pies for me dipped in salad cream , i love theem lol
oh chilled strawberries with
oh chilled strawberries with a bit of cream.. love it x
My essentials has to be
My essentials has to be champagne and strawberries
Not at all fussy. Any food
Not at all fussy. Any food from any country - love it all.
Pork pie is my picnic
Pork pie is my picnic essential, but a specific pork pie. It has to be from our local bakers 'Bradleys' they are the best in the world, ever!!
Falafel and various vegan
Falafel and various vegan salads, ie bean salad, rice salad, roasted vegetable couscous. Strawberries and home made chocolate brownies for pudding and a chilled bottle of Prosecco.
Popcorn, tortilla chips and
Popcorn, tortilla chips and dip, chicken spring rolls, salad and buttered rolls with a selection of fillings to put into them.
For me its got to be homemade
For me its got to be homemade scotch eggs xx
My essesntials are all the
My essesntials are all the old favourites - sausage rolls, finger rolls, salads & slaws then a reeally decadent cake - maybe coffee or carrot cake all washed lown with lashings of tea!! plenty of nibbles i.e crisps, breadsticks & dips
Homemade pizzas are our picnic must