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lemongrove Sat 21-Jul-18 09:54:29

Time once again for us all to pack the hamper, grab a travelling rug and head for the meadow for our annual Summer Jamboree.smile
As ever, in alphabetical order, be as inventive as you like, after all who doesn’t want to take a yak with them?

Greyduster Fri 27-Jul-18 21:22:22

Upside down cake of the pineapple variety.

Cherrytree59 Fri 27-Jul-18 20:58:26

Great to see the Elephants Lemon
They look sooo much bigger!shock

Tonic

Chewbacca Fri 27-Jul-18 19:08:14

Sangria. Large glass jugs of it.

Greyduster Fri 27-Jul-18 19:07:35

Risotto (asparagus and sun dried tomato).

Greyduster Fri 27-Jul-18 19:00:22

Quince jelly (to be eaten with a silver spoon!). And if we’re having elephants, I can’t eat a whole one!

lemongrove Fri 27-Jul-18 17:57:18

Plates, and plenty of them. Preferably China ones.

JoyBloggs Fri 27-Jul-18 15:01:26

Opulent blankets for the elephants' backs when we go for rides

Maybelle Fri 27-Jul-18 11:50:30

Nonsense poems for reading aloud

lemongrove Fri 27-Jul-18 11:39:56

Matches, for lighting our scented candles.

lemongrove Fri 27-Jul-18 11:39:13

Lights, all kinds, solar ones of course, we want our meadow
To look like fairland in the evenings.

JoyBloggs Fri 27-Jul-18 09:07:54

King prawns

Panache Fri 27-Jul-18 08:58:35

Jester........... A must..........if not one amonst the gathering!!!

Greyduster Fri 27-Jul-18 08:28:18

Idiot proof deckchairs!

Maybelle Thu 26-Jul-18 23:25:56

Ham sandwiches, cut into triangles for our dainty fingers

Chewbacca Thu 26-Jul-18 23:17:05

Gingham tablecloths are de rigeur for a jamboree

lemongrove Thu 26-Jul-18 20:25:23

Floral bouqet ( for the table in my tent) one has standards you know, even on a jamboree.

lemongrove Thu 26-Jul-18 20:23:29

Elephants!

lemongrove Thu 26-Jul-18 20:22:49

Yes Cherry most people missed their arrival, it was at 3 in the morning, elephants are easily spooked by noise so I thought it a good idea.They have settled in nicely and are now ready for rides...form an orderly queue please!

phoenix Thu 26-Jul-18 20:15:33

Deck chairs

Cherrytree59 Thu 26-Jul-18 19:55:03

Coke to go with the Bacardi

Cherrytree59 Thu 26-Jul-18 19:54:00

Lemon I mssed our Elephant arrival!sad

Greyduster Thu 26-Jul-18 18:25:18

Breadsticks (or if we have already had it - more breadsticks!).

Panache Thu 26-Jul-18 16:59:04

Aftershave........well you never know your luck do you??

lemongrove Thu 26-Jul-18 14:34:12

Z beds ( too old for anything less to sleep on)

lemongrove Thu 26-Jul-18 14:33:15

Yachts ( our jamboree meadow is near the marina) now, who wants some sea air, round the bay and back for tea?