The sun may be shining but beware eating alfresco – it can turn into an absolute indignity

During a trip to London I ended up perching on a wall, balancing a salad bowl on my knees. It wasn’t what I’d had in mind Spring seems to be settling in and that’s great, but I have been recently reminded of one of its worst bits: not hay fever or wrong coat season, but the absolute indignity of alfresco eating. I usually avoid eating outside; it’s fraught with dangers, from the stress position that is “sitting on picnic blanket” to seagull attack. But last week, giddy with the warm weather a...

By Emma Beddington