Last week I honestly thought Spring was here, the sky looked like this! Stunning!
It was warm enough not to wear coats for a few days and the children even put shorts on a couple of times – I mean, SHORTS IN MARCH! BONKERS!
Crazy weather
This week we’ve had snow, I’ve had to scrape ice off the car twice and I’ve worn my winter boots and thick coat! There’s a different view this week.
Before the weather changed and the snow arrived, the children did manage to have their first picnic of the year out in the garden! Yay! Our new PacMat had just arrived that day, so it was a great opportunity to give it a try.
What’s a PacMat?
PacMat is a new kind of picnic mat from Rubbastuff. It’s lightweight and compact, so easy to carry on your wrist, or in a rucksack. It’s quick-drying and easy to clean, because it’s washable. It’s waterproof too!
We tried the Family Mat with snakes and ladders. Mat size: 140cm x 140cm; Bag base diameter: 12cm; Bag height: 15.5cm; Weight: 485g inc. bag. We love the pattern and the size, but the fact it’s so lightweight is a huge advantage for us, as we always end up taking a ton of stuff in a rucksack on a walk and never want to carry a big rug as well.
Each rug has slits in the corners and you can purchase pegs separately, to hold it down. It’s pretty breezy where we live all the time so these are really useful. These pegs are just £2 a set, well worth not having to use random shoes or other items to hold it down!
Forward planning
Let’s think positively and hope we all get lots of picnics outside with the children this year. Also, if you are planning on heading to a family festival this summer, one of these mats would be ideal.
Picnic season with children has the added advantage of being just able to shake the mat and say “it’s ok, the birds will eat it!”- or is that just me?
Competition time
If you fancy getting ahead of the game and getting your hands on one of these lovely mats in time for picnic weather, just enter the widget below.
We are giving away one of these super PacMats to one lucky Mummy Fever reader.
Good luck!
Win a PACMAT for Spring and Summer PicnicsTerms and conditions:
- Giveaway will run until May 5th.
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69 comments
Our favourite place for a picnic is either our local wood or English Heritage property but we have been known to have a picnic in our garden and lounge
Into the countryside, by a river.
Dartmoor on the grass.
One of ours too : )
Our very own garden or our local park.
.freshwater beach in pembrokeshire
We love to picnic by our local lake
local parks in birmingham
I don’t drive we enjoy a picnic in the local park.
sywell country park in northamptonshire its amazing thre i love it
my favourite place has got to be amongst Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire
I love to have a picnic at Coombe Abbey
Love Chatsworth x
luskentyre in the outer hebrides
I like to take the kids to our local park x
I just love trying out new places, it is nice to have them in the grounds of stately homes, we have quite a few in our area with the National Trust.
A place called St. Ives near where I live its lovely and also on The beach
We like to go to the beach if it’s not too windy, otherwise a local park
I am lucky enough to live in Yorkshire so we are surrounded by great picnic spots, but one of my favourites is in Ilkley
By our local reservoir but we do often get “attacked” by the friendly wildfowl ?
weelsby woods near where i live
we love picnics in the lakes, the lesser the crowds the better!
We love a beach picnic. Sandy sandwiches on a sunny day are the best!
I love going to my local park for a picnic
We love having one down the beach or at the forest
I like taking a picnic to the beach, when I was a child my mum did this alot – happy childhood memories!
We love to have a picnic on walks in the Peak District – fill a backpack with goodies and something for the dog!
We love to go to the beach or out to the park.
We like to picnic near the beach.
Our local country park Coombe Abbey
Our local park
The beach or in a park
Our local COUNTRY park
Thetford Forest
It has to be the lake district for me, such wonderful views!
We live a short drive from Belton House (National Trust property). It has an amazing adventure playground and beautiful gardens and is a lovely place for a picnic.
Belton House looks like a great place. We enjoyed illustrating it for our National Trust PACMAT.
We like going down to our local beach park.
On the beach
We live on the coast so we are always on the beach
Bowood
The quarry park in Shrewsbury
Love going to a local park near a lake
Whitlingham Park, just outside of Norwich which includes the newest “broad”
Roundhay park in leedsis a great place for a picnic
White Coppice
We love having a picnic at the local beach, thanks for the lovely giveaway.
Love to have a picnic at the beach
The woods, it’s so peaceful.
To the beach, particularly Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire it’s beautiful
Our local riverbank
Hampstead Heath
We love to picnic in a big park that we are lucky enough to live near!
We love Stratford Upon Avon sitting by the river with a lovely picnic
We love to go to the beach for a picnic as we are lucky enough to live right near it. A Pacmac would be wonderful to take
They are great for the beach as the sand just shakes off : )
Sudbury Hall
Chatsworth house
We love Chatsworth house. In fact, it’s featured on our National Trust PACMAT : )
I would take it to my local tourist park, it is wonderful place for the kids to play and have a picnic
We like going to Padley Gorge, it’s great for picnics and paddling
I would go to the peak district and keep it in the car for spontaneous lunches
Anywhere by a river 🙂
We like going to a big aquadrome not too far from where we live
My favourite place to go for a picnic is the stunning Lake District. So many great walks, hikes and places to see.
We have the Lake District on our must visit list – especially as we do a Lake District PACMAT for Ordnance Survey : )
Love going to the Brecon Beacons for a picnic
I like to go to the beach
We have the Lake District on our must visit list – especially as we do a Lake District PACMAT for Ordnance Survey : )