Picnicware is always welcome, and melamine is a good choice to replace paper.

Picnicware was one of the strongest performers in John Lewis department stores, with sales up by 10 per cent.

Brighten up outdoor dining with this gorgeous range of picnicware from Ella Doran.

Yamazaki rode Skinner's lift down to where stairs began, its yellow upright cup like a piece of picnicware discarded by a giant.

Speaking on Europe-1 radio, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said the plan wouldn't stop at picnicware.

The heatwave helped food retailers and got customers buying outdoor goods, such as garden furniture, pools and picnicware."

Department store John Lewis offers nostalgia in the form of quirky picnicware (from £7, by Orla Kiely) and retro print deck chairs (£75).

The homewares category was the worst hit, with sales down 9 per cent on last year, although home entertainment products held up better, as recession-hit restaurant-dodgers snapped up cooking equipment and picnicware.

The department store group’s carefully nurtured and increasingly well-marketed reputation for dependable quality and value for money, from picnicware in the basement up to personalised stationery on the fifth floor, remains intact even as other UK retailers are failing.

And in case one day you should stray from your vehicle and, God forbid, someone mistakes you for an owner of some mere car, Land Rover has gone into accessories: you can get a Land Rover watch, a belt, picnicware or even a pair of khakis with the Land Rover name.

This enamel bird-print picnicware from The Oak Room will add a touch of brightness to the soggiest camping trip.

We're cuckoo about The Oak Room's enamel bird-print picnicware.