The best summer weekends are those filled with the sound of the soft crack of bat on ball while watching a spot of cricket on the village green with a picnic spread, or the creaking of deck chairs and clinking of mugs while taking a spot of tea after a game of garden croquet.
Emma Bridgewater's Strawberries & Gingham Tea Towel sings of summer and is far too lovely to be used in the kitchen alone. Pack this tea towel in your hamper as a picnic table cloth on which to set out the cakes and Thermos. Have it ready as a useful kitchen cloth to wipe sticky fingers after iced buns. And keep it to hand to wave as a signal to call players back from the field for tea.
