Picnic area

Taken on one of our regular walks, the inscription says this picnic area was set up by harden Moor allotment trust 1847. Today was not the weather for a picnic - but I wonder how the picnics will have changed since 1847...... no plastic bottles, packets of crisps, cling film, wet wipes, freezer packs, Tupperware, thermos flasks, cereal bars, cherry tomatoes, the list is endless. They may even have had dry days and daylight in 1847, and hopefully we may again some day in 2016 have weather suitable for a picnic.