Taking a flask again

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When I was a child, if we went for a family day out we always took a packed lunch, a few biscuits and a bottle of squash, and a flask of tea for my parents, plus a damp cloth in a plastic bag to wipe our hands. There was never any question of stopping at a café or anything like that. In any case there weren’t as many places to get refreshments. Places like museums or plant nurseries were just that – you went there to look at the exhibits or to buy plants, not for afternoon tea! Businesses hadn’t yet cottoned on to the fact that people would be happy to sit down for a drink and something to eat afterwards. And of course we all had less disposable income then, perhaps everyone did the same as us. The last 30 years or so have seen an explosion in the number of eateries. Now pretty much any ‘destination’ has its own café. But anyway I digress… I never used to buy refreshments at motorway services as they are very expensive, but more recently I decided a hot drink was occasionally worth the price if it helped me to stay alert on a long journey, not so much due to the caffeine as simply having something to do. But now everything has gone up in price yet again, a couple of times I’ve stopped at the services thinking I will spend a couple of pounds on a drink, but then when I got there and found they were close to double that I changed my mind and decided I could manage. Then I remembered my trusty flask! It has been languishing at the back of the cupboard for some years, practically forgotten, but now it’s been dug out and pressed back into service. I don’t know why I ever forgot it really! Do you use a flask for hot drinks? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.