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This is brilliant, she says, peering out at the rain

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Thank-you!

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What a wonderfully thorough post! Maybe the demise of classical music is really just commensurate with the demise of the picnic?

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Thank-you! And that's a really interesting point you make - considering it now…

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'Sacramental gabble'. Superb! As ever... and I quite fancy a revival of the Pic-Nic Society.

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Thank-you! And yes, agree it's definitely got potential…

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It would certainly liven up London...

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And provide wonderful fodder for the Daily Mail…

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That was a treat. Thank you!

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Delightful.

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Any of the picnics described here sound far more exciting than the sad affair my company organised every year. Unless they bring the hedonism back with half-naked people joyously partaking proper food (read not Pret not M&S not even Waitrose sandwiches or packed snacks) with carelessness they can forget about me joining any time soon.

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I’m definitely getting a Pic-Nic revival vibe here in the comments, which is excellent - let the hedonism commence…

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Compagnia della Calza 2.0

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Oh yes…

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A cornucopia of delights!

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Thank-you!

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Any of the picnics described here sound far more exciting than the sad affair my company organised every year. Unless they bring the hedonism back with half-naked people joyously partaking proper food (read not Pret not M&S not even Waitrose sandwiches or packed snacks) with carelessness they can forget about me joining any time soon.

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