To ask what goes in your beach day picnic?

In my experience seagulls are more likely to descend on you if you buy hot food, like chips.
They will parole around a group of us having sandwiches on the beach but I occasionally ask the kids to run towards them and it works.

Many many beaches are in places where there are no shops or food places at all, so you have to take a picnic if you're there for the day. The beach I go to often has a kiosk which only sells ice creams, that's it.

@Heydiddlediddlethecatandthefiddle I got mugged for a cornish pasty by a seagull in Broadstairs. I wasn't even eating it, it was in a bag in my hand as we walked back to the car. I'm still bitter about it, it was the last one in the shop and the seagull flying dog took it off me.

I loathe making sandwiches so I take food in flasks, either something hot like curry or chilli or a cold pasta salad.
It means we don't have to lug a cool bag about, there's no rubbish or risk of seagulls or dogs pinching our food and it's more filling for the children who are always ravenous after being in the sea.

I live by the sea and we usually do individual rolls with whatever each of us wants in them, and bring a couple of bottles of squash.

Also sometimes do cold pizza (cooked in the morning then left to cool, cut up and put in a tupperware)

Beware of seagulls!

🤣 thats brilliant ! Im not quite that bad but i do like a posh picnic !!

I'm not a fan of picnics. Food inevitably gets soggy & warm food ends up cold, cold food ends up warm. You can't beat a cone of chips at the beach. M&S do some nice pre mixed drinks.

The seagull situation would put me right off. I am slightly bird phobic anyway and those big herring gulls are SCARY.

Years ago when now adult DD was about 2 we were having a picnic on a beach in Jersey. The gulls were really persistent, probably because a lot of silly people were feeding them. I kept trying to chase away one that was circling too close for comfort. I looked away for maybe a couple of seconds to put something away when I heard DD cry out. I turned to see the nasty fucker had snatched the biscuit right out of her hand.

Luckily she wasn't hurt but that did it for me. We packed our things and cleared out.

Is anyone taking a massive salad?

Don’t go to Broadstairs as it’s happened twice to me this summer already! 🙈

I like to keep it simple, a nice fresh french loaf that you can break bits off, hummus, carrot and cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes and any other tasty looking dips.

Couple of Baguettes, Le Bousin, Crisps, Packet of Club biscuits. Flask of real coffee. Cool box with Sparkling water, a few beers, bottle of Rose. Plastic stemless wine glasses. Kitchen towel. Mandarins. Those packets of mini chorizo or biltong. Pot of olives. Wedge of Brie. Wedge of cheddar. Some cheese biscuits. Bunch of grapes. Wet wipes. Voila.

We got chased on skeggy beach once by seagulls. Had apparently make the error of a child dropping one single chip and that’s it they darted in like missiles. Chips chips 2oclock.

Told the boy… just drop the chips and run!!! 🏃

@ISeriouslyDoubtIt I know!!! We have a caravan at the beach. Never in my ever have I seen that or would have believed it. No shame. I was still recovering from the shock of losing my sandwich when back it came and took the kids ones. Right in amongst the parasols and chairs. I didn't bring those, friends who are much more organised did.

Hard boiled eggs . Everyone goes nuts for them on the beach. I probably do a beach picnic 2/3 times a week ( I don't live in uk!). Fruit salad. Boiled eggs. Rice cakes. Baguette and pate? Popcorn, rice cakes.
Popular here , which isn't my bag at all, is cold hot dogs.... kids love it .
I always always pack a flask of tea.
Cold mini pizzas are fun as well .

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^^is that the attention you needed?

Comment back and I'll give you some more. Hand hold at this difficult time.

A cooked Quiche
Tuc crackers and soft blue cheese
Cocktail sausages
Crusty bread and pate
Pereroni sticks
Pasties
Apples
Melon
Bananas
Strawberries
Flask of coffee
Bottle of orange juice

Bore off

If you’re going to Weymouth then I’d recommend only eating under cover of darkness-the seagulls there are savage predators!

I go to the beach quite a lot( about half hour drive) and have never had my food taken by a seagull, there are some there but they don't take food directly from people at all, but I know they can be a problem in some places.

My beach picnics always include boiled eggs in their shells and a wrap of salt to sprinkle on them. It tastes of my childhood holidays.

Oh bore off! It's a once in a while picnic treat. They probably have fruit and veg all the time at home but it's just a one off!

Rolls with cheese, tuna and cucumber, ham.
Pot of humous with carrots and celery.
Crisps
Quiche
Some kind of homemade cake like lemon drizzle or victoria sponge, don't take one with butter icing or you'll get a melty mess.
Grapes or strawberries or any easy to handle fruit.
Frozen bottles of water.
Hot water in flask and take teabags and milk separately, ready made tea in a flask always tastes horrible.
Ice cream from kiosk on the way back to the car.

Fish and chips surely!? Especiallly if you’ve not been in years!
Failing that, I tend to do similar for most picnics we have - sandwiches or wraps, fruit, cucumber etc and then I’d buy an ice cream.