When spring starts rolling round

當開始入春的時候

and the sun starts making a bit more of an appearance than usual,

這時候太陽出現的時間也比一般來的多的

we are living in the UK after all,

畢竟我們住在英國嘛

then I feel like picnics are the most exciting thing ever.

所以我覺得，這時候野餐是最讓人期待的活動

Besides a barbecue, which I am also accustomed to - everyone loves a barbecue,

還有烤肉，我也很常烤肉，很多人都喜歡烤肉

I feel like picnics are so fun and easy and...

我覺得野餐很有趣也很簡單，而且．．．

I don't know, I just really like a picnic.

我也說不上來，我就是喜歡野餐

So I decided to try and do the most epic picnic I have ever done.

所以我決定，要籌辦一場前所未見的野餐活動

Now, you guys know by now that I never do anything half-arsed.

好的，到目前為止你們都知道，我做事從來不是三分鐘熱度

So, when I decided that I wanted to do a picnic at the weekend

所以，當我決定要在週末野餐的時候

I ramped it up a little bit,

我下了一點功夫

I scoured pinterest for any cute ideas,

我在Pinterest上搜尋一些可愛的點子

I looked at recipes, food ideas, decoration ideas...

找食譜、可以準備的食物、裝飾的點子...

And myself and Poppy went to town.

然後我和Poppy到鎮上

Obviously, most of you may know a picnic as a...

很顯然，大部分的人都覺得野餐就是．．．

blanket, food and a field.

一個野餐籃、食物和一塊空地

And I mean that is pretty much all you need in order to have a successful picnic.

當然，要辦一場成功的野餐，這些差不多就是你需要的東西了

You don't need to go as extreme as I did,

你不需要像我一樣，準備那麼多東西

but we had so much fun setting it up,

不過我們很享受準備的過程

we had so much fun at the actual picnic.

在野餐的時候也玩得很開心

and I honestly think it was one of my favourite days so far this year.

說實在的，這是我目前今年最喜歡的日子之一

If you have a celebration coming up, it's someone's birthday,

如果你近期有要慶祝什麼的話，像是某人的生日

someone's graduated, an end of exams party...

慶祝某人畢業、考完試後的狂歡

or you just know that there's a really sunny weekend coming up

或是你知道下個週末會是好天氣

and lots of you and your friends are all free

然後你和你朋友都有空

and you want to do something,

你又想要做點什麼的話

then I feel like it gives you the perfect excuse to go that little bit more

我覺得這時候正是個大好機會，讓自己多想一些點子

crazy and creative with how you set your picnic up.

該如何籌備一個瘋狂又有創意的野餐

We decided we wanted to do a tree-pee.

我們決定要做一個 「樹帳」

I've called it this, I don't actually know if it's called a tree-pee,

我都這麼叫它，雖然我不太確定是不是就是叫「樹帳」

but it's a teepee suspended in a tree.

它是一個懸吊在樹上的帳篷

And all I did for that, it looks really complicated, but I promise you

雖然這個樹帳看起來很複雜，但我向你保證

it was actually really easy,

其實非常簡單

I ordered 10-15 meters of plain white fabric from Amazon.

我在Amazon訂了一組10到15公尺長的全白布料

I guess it really depends on how thick the material is

我覺得這得看材質的厚度

and what material you wanna buy,

以及你買的是什麼樣的材質

but it really wasn't that expensive

不過這真的不會很貴

and I can reuse this for multiple things, to be honest.

而且我還可以再利用它做其他事情

You could also use bedsheets, blankets...

或是你可以用床單或被子來做．．．

you don't have to buy fabric especially to do this.

你不用為了做這個樹帳，而特地去買布料

I mean, it's kind of like making an adult den, let's be honest.

實際上，就像是搭一個大人的小屋一樣

You wanna find a location that has a good tree.

你需要找個有樹的地方

If you wanna do a tree-pee, you need a decent tree.

如果你要弄一個樹帳，你就得找棵不錯的樹

Some trees have like, a horizontal branch coming off of them,

有些樹木的樹枝會是水平生長的

which would be perfect, 'cause then you can just sling the fabric over the branch if it's not too high

如果不會太高的話，這正好可以讓我們把布掛在樹枝上

and kind of create you teepee from there.

剛好可以從上面開始搭你的樹帳

The tree we had, it wasn't quite perfect enough for that

我們找到的樹，其實還不算非常完美

so we actually just used the hollow pole

所以其實我們有用一隻空心的竿子

and we fed a string through it

然後從中穿一條線進去

so we created like a loop and we tied the pole

弄了一個圈，然後把竿子

around the tree, so it was kind of hanging

繞著樹幹綁起來，看起來就像是掛在樹上一樣

and then we draped the fabric over the pole.

然後我們在把布料垂掛在竿子上

That sounds really complicated, but there's lots and lots of pictures on my blog,

聽起來非常複雜，不過我會在部落格上放很多照片

which I will obviously link below,

我也會把連結放在下面

where you can kind of see how that's created the shape.

你們就可以看到我是怎麼做的了

You also don't need to do a tree-pee if you don't want to.

如果你不想弄一個樹帳也沒關係

I just thought it looked really cool

我只是覺得有的話感覺會很酷

and after we've done that, we decorated it, we have-

我們搭完帳之後，就開始擺設裝飾。那時候我們有

in fact, I've got some things here.

其實，我剛好身邊有這些東西

Because I'm a bit of a party fanatic,

因為我算是個派對狂

I love to throw people parties, not go to them neccessarily,

我超愛辦派對

I actually already have like a stash of like paper decorations.

其實我本身就有收藏很多紙製的裝飾品

And things like this came in so useful for the picnic,

這些東西剛好可以在野餐派上用場

because they're so easy to do, they're so easy to set up

他們很好用，裝飾的方式也很簡單

and they're also really easy to attach in a tree,

這些裝飾放在樹上也很簡單

making it look super super pretty and cute.

也讓樹帳看起來更漂亮可愛

And of course, if there's a theme to your picnic, so if it's someone's birthday party,

當然，如果你的野餐有主題的話，像是某人的生日派對

you can kind of tailor these a little bit more to the person.

你可以幫派對主角設置一些特色的東西

Maybe you could have some happy birthday bunting.

你也可以用生日快樂的彩旗

I feel like it's kind of all about personal preference, really.

這真的是根據每個人不同的喜好來做變化

I decided I wanted to make this more of a picnic party,

我這次是希望弄一個野餐的派對

because most picnics, I feel like, are an afternoon occasion.

因為大部分的野餐，我覺得啦，幾乎都是在下午

I really love that kind of cosy element of like

我真的很愛舒適的氛圍，像是

the candles and the fairy lights and

蠟燭和小彩燈，還有

the evening just kind of was more fitting for that day,

就覺得黃昏的時候，就是很適合那天辦野餐

so we did our picnic, started our picnic at about 5 or 6 pm.

所以我們的野餐從下午五、六點開始

And I really really liked that time,

我真的很喜歡那個時段

because you get the lovely, like sunlight,

因為那時會比較多溫暖陽光

but you also get that really nice, like ambient like sunset

也可以看到很美又很有氣氛的日落

and then you have the darkness,

接著就天黑了

which, if you're not scared of, like being out in a field at night

如果你不怕晚上在戶外活動的話

or, you know, out right in the back of your garden, then it doesn't really matter.

或是你可以就在你家後院野餐，那就不用擔心太晚還在外面的問題了

But, um...

但是，嗯...

Make sure you take torches because we did not take torches.

最好帶個手電筒，因為當時我們沒帶任何手電筒

Setting up a picnic in the daylight is fun and it's fine, and it's easy,

白天的時候準備野餐很好玩也很簡單

trying to take apart a picnic in complete darkness

如果是在天黑的時候野餐，

was slightly more difficult.

那就真的會有點麻煩

So, we took candles, we took fairy lights,

所以我們帶了蠟燭，也帶了小燈跑

obviously battery-operated fairy lights

小燈泡是需要電池才能亮

unless you have a power supply near by,

除非你附近有充電站

in which case you could go fairy light crazy.

這樣的話你就可以用聖誕小彩燈

We had like candle lanterns and we just made it really

我們那時有用自己做的蠟燭燈籠

kind of ambient and cosy and it looked really cool.

它看起來很溫暖又很有氣氛，真的很酷

And it just felt so nice because the evening was warm.

因為當時下午過後還蠻暖的，感覺挺舒服

However, I would advise you to obviously take blankets to sit on inside your tree-pee,

不過，我會強力建議你們準備毯子，當你坐在樹帳裡的時候可以用

But I also took a couple of blankets that could be used as like

我也帶了幾條毯子

cover-ups in case it got a little bit more chilly in the evenings.

如果晚上變涼的時候，可以蓋一下

Always make sure you have a big enough picnic basket

還有，確保你有一個夠大的野餐籃

to be able to take food, plastic cutlery,

可以裝食物、塑膠餐具

glasses, drinks, plates...

玻璃杯、飲料、盤子等等

Um...

還有

Any like serving ware...

像是盛盤的容器

I used some slate boards, some wooden boards

我有用了石板、木板

and things to sort of lay food down on.

和可以把食物放在上面的板子

Scissors... don't forget scissors,

還有剪刀，千萬不能忘記剪刀

because if you're opening all these packets

因為像是要開包裝的時候

and you have no way of actually

你不可能所有的東西

tearing them open or cutting bits of like paper or cutting string...

都用撕的吧，或是用來剪紙或是剪繩子之類的

You're screwed.

那你就完了

Bin bags.

大垃圾袋

Always remember to take bin bags to a picnic

野餐一定要記得準備大垃圾袋

because there will be packaging, wrappers, um...

因為會有很多包裝袋、包裝紙之類的垃圾

any leftover food that nobody wants to take home,

還有剩下的食物，一般都不會有人想帶回家

it's always important to take at least some form of rubbish bag,

還有至少多準備幾種小垃圾袋

because you also don't wanna be leaving anything behind

因為離開的時候還是帶走所有的東西和垃圾

if you're doing this in a public space.

如果你是在公共場地野餐的話

Matches.

火柴

No point having candles if you don't have matches to light set candles.

沒道理你準備了蠟燭，卻沒準備火柴

The amount of times I've been to picnics or like garden parties

大部分我參加的野餐和花園派對

and there's no way of lighting any candles

點蠟燭幾乎都沒甚麼用

and everyone just ends up sitting in the dark,

因為最後大家都會在黑暗中

using their phone torches, like woohoo.

用自己的手機開手電筒

You also might wanna take with you some napkins and some wet wipes,

你也需要準備一些餐巾紙和濕紙巾

because you never know what might get spilled, you might get sticky fingers

因為你無法預料到時會有甚麼東西打翻，弄得手黏黏的

and if you don't have access to a sink...

加上如果附近沒有洗手台的話

what you gonna do?

那你要怎麼辦?

When it came to food, I feel like with a picnic

當說到野餐的食物

a lot of the time, if there's a big of you going,

很多時候，如果有很多人要一起野餐的話

you could all decide who's bringing what

你們可以討論誰和誰要帶哪些東西

and it really depends on what time of the day as well,

而且也要看是你在什麼時間野餐

because if you're doing more of like a brunch picnic,

如果是要在早午餐的時間野餐的話

then obviously the food might be slightly different,

當然你要準備的食物就會有些不同

if you're doing a lunch picnic it could be different,

如果是在中午野餐的話，那又不一樣了

if you're doing a dinner picnic like we did,

如果是要像我們一樣，弄一個晚上的野餐

it might also be slightly different.

也可能會有些不同

I really wanted to do a cheese board, because

我那時真的很想準備一個起司拼盤，因為

it was kind of more of an evening time.

那時候屬於傍晚的時間

And we had things like hummus, like dips and...

我們有豆泥、沾醬還有

I mean, picnic food is, um...

野餐的食物就...

known as being cold and nibbly bits

比較屬於冷食跟一些小點

and things that are quite easy to kind of spoon and eat

還有一些比較方便挖來吃的東西

like pasta salads, potato salads, coleslaw,

像是通心粉沙拉、馬鈴薯沙拉、涼拌高麗菜

lots and lots of bits and pieces like that,

還有很多很多類似這樣的食物

which you can prepare yourself, of course,

你一定可以自己準備的那種

but we didn't prepare everything ourselves.

不過當時並非所有的東西都是我們自己準備的

Poppy prepared quite a few bits.

Poppy準備了不少東西

She made two salads, I made some fruit kebabs,

她做了兩種沙拉，我做了一些水果烤肉串

because they're super fun and super easy...

這個真的很好玩也很簡單

and Poppy also made some ice lollies.

然後Poppy也做了幾支冰棒

Make sure you've got a freezer bag if you're planning on taking anything frozen.

如果你預計要準備一些冷凍的食物的話，一定要有冷凍袋

But generally, I feel like picnics are quite nibbly bits

不過整體來說，我比較喜歡小點類的野餐食物

so we took a little trip to Mark and Spencer

所以我們就去了一趟Mark and Spencer超市 (簡稱:M&S超市)

and we basically just went around and took everything from their like new summer range.

我們那時候就只是晃一晃，然後買他們一些夏日新品

This isn't sponsored by M&S by the way,

補充一下，這不是M&S的業配文喔

they just have a lot of really amazing picnic food in right now.

只是他們現在真的有很多食物是很適合野餐的

So we got like, crisps and dips and fruit and

所以我們買了薯片、沾醬、水果還有

just lots and lots of lovely little bits and pieces

就是有很多很不錯的小點心

and it was just the most amazing spread of food you have ever seen.

他們有很多很厲害的食物

I just wanted to eat all of it.

我就是什麼都想吃

Our eyes were certainly bigger than our tummies

我們就是有點太貪心了

and there wasn't quite enough of us to finish everything,

而且我們人不夠多，也無法把全部的東西吃完

but we took empty Tupperware boxes with us

我們帶了很多空的保鮮盒過去

so that we could take any food we couldn't eat home

這樣我們就可以把沒吃完的食物帶回家

and, you know, eat it another time.

就是之後再吃

Entertainment wise.

玩得聰明

Now, I know you don't really need any more entertainment than your friends,

現在我知道除了朋友之外，其實不太需要太多其他娛樂的活動

because generally, if you have good company,

因為一般來說，如果有好夥伴的話

then everyone's happy and you don't need anything else.

然後大家都會很開心，而且不太會需要太多其他的東西

But one thing that I will say is vital for any picnic.

有個東西，對野餐來說非常重要

It's a wireless Bluetooth speaker.

那就是藍芽喇叭

I don't know what make this one is.

我不知道這個是什麼樣的

It's an LG Music Flow. I got this from John Lewis.

這是LG Music Flow，我從John Lewis百貨公司買的

But there's so many that you can get and they're just the best thing ever.

其實還有很多不同的廠牌可以買，他們真的是最棒的東西了

I feel like a picnic isn't...

我覺得如果

isn't as good as it could be without a little bit of music

野餐沒有一點音樂的話，就沒那麼好玩了

just to set the scene, gives it a bit more of a vibe.

只要準備個背景音樂，就可以添加了麼一點氣氛

And there's nothing worse, especially if you're doing it in the evening when it gets darker,

尤其是在晚上要變黑的時候，來點音樂也不差

there's nothing worse than just no noise,

比起沒有聲音來得好

like no sound, it kinda gets a little creepy.

沒聲音的時候，真的是有點詭異

And even with music on, at one point we all got a little bit scared.

而且即使有放音樂，到某個瞬間我們還是會覺的有點可怕

I can't remember why.

我不記得為什麼了

I think we were really all overthinking every noise we could hear.

我覺得每當我們聽到一點動靜，就會想太多

But yeah, music - essential.

不過音樂，真的很重要

Another thing I took along with me just for the memories

我帶另外一個東西，主要是為了留念用的

and because I love it

而且我很愛

is my little Fujifilm camera.

就是我的富士拍立得

Um...

嗯

You can take instant snaps...

你可以立馬拍照

Snip, snip.

卡嚓卡嚓

and I took a lot of really nice pictures that day

然後我那天也拍了很多很美的照片

and I really really love them.

我真的真的很喜歡

And it was just nice to have, 'cause lots of people were kind of using it and taking turns.

很多人都輪流拿它來拍照

I also took a couple of like small compact like card games,

我也帶了一些卡牌遊戲

like there was like Guess the Song...

像是猜歌

I also took one game that I think was called Awkward Bag of--

我也帶了一個遊戲，好像叫做尷尬...

No, Bag of Awkward Questions or something.

喔不是，尷尬問題包還是甚麼的

The sort of thing you see on Youtube Challenges.

就是你在Youtube上會看到的那種

That was really fun as well and it just gives it a little bit more,

那真的很好玩，而且也帶來一點

especially if it's for a party or something or a birthday

尤其對派對或是某人的生日來說

and you wanna add like an element of games into it,

你一定會想添加一點遊戲的環節進去

I think that's also really fun.

我覺得這樣也很有趣

If you're doing this big style and you've got quite a lot to take with you

如果你要辦大型一點的野餐，你會需要準備很多東西

the decorations, the cutlery, the food,

裝飾品、餐具、食物

you're gonna need more than a picnic basket.

一個野餐籃一定不夠

Although it does depend on how big your picnic basket is, I guess.

當然得看你的野餐籃有多大

But we also carried things in cardboard boxes

我們也用紙箱裝了一些東西帶過去

and then we used those cardboard boxes as like tables to put drinks on,

然後我們就可以把紙箱拿來當成桌子，可以放飲料在上面

to put things that we weren't using,

或是放我們用不到的東西

we always had something to put something in.

這樣我們總是有地方可以放東西進去

And I think that was really useful, too.

這招真的是很好用

We used one of the boxes as a main like table inside the teepee

我們用其中一個箱子，弄成樹帳裡的主桌

and that went down really really well.

而且還蠻成功的

I feel like you could even step this up a notch and do a barbecue,

我覺得你甚至可以弄一個烤肉

like a portable barbecue at the picnic.

像是可攜帶式的烤肉架

That would just be epic.

那真的是超經典

Maybe when the sun is really out.

或許當太陽出來的時候