lets ALL get out this last Bank holiday weekend

I have no plans some of us don’t. Enjoy your outings.

Now that I am retired, Bank Holidays are meaningless, in fact even while I was working they generally disappeared into either a half term, or as with this one, the tail end of the summer holidays .
But for those who don’t mind BH crowds - enjoy!

ok with precautions

We usually go away but this hotels wanting a very overinflated rate and limited availability it’s off this year
Day trips on BH are not fun

We have GC’s from Saturday morning to Sunday morning, then eight friends for a Sunday afternoon garden meal. Going nowhere Monday, recovering!

We avoid Bank holiday trips to local beaches as they are always absolutely heaving. I'm meeting friends in out of the way cafes today and tomorrow as should be quieter then. Enjoy your weekend ?

I have always disliked BH crowds and once the children were grown up I always opted to work. It was nice to have a day off in lieu when everyone else was back at work.

I’m afraid going out to places at any bank holiday time lost it’s appeal a long time ago. Long traffic queues to get anywhere, some places too full to get into, weather mixed. I’d rather stay local, and choose less busy times to go anywhere else.

Are you still working infoman? Now we’re retired we prefer to avoid bank holiday crowds rather than join them!

what they say. The only thing planned for this town has been cancelled again becasue of the covid danger with all the crowds. But the schools go back next week so things will improve :-)

Definitely won’t be on the road to anywhere! Not when I can go in a weeks time and not sit in traffic and struggle to park.

Oh I just love being retired?

I am on holiday from tomorrow as I still work but absolutely no way would I do that if I wasnt working. I am afraid lots of places just arent coping with the amount of people at the moment.

Please don't come to Cornwall. Covid figures are the worst in the country, there is nowhere to park, no accommodation vacancies and cafes etc. are fully booked. We live half an hour from the beach but won't be going there until the schools are back.

We will probably be having the two elder Gdcs at least overnight, to give dd and SiL time to get straight/organised and ready for school on 2nd Sept. , after the 2nd week of camping.

So I foresee a trip into town, where a couple of weeks ago there was a massive bouncy castle outside the church, and various other rides inc. bumper cars, that Gdcs were ecstatic about.

Hence dh and I wondering the other day what on earth were all these small amounts on the credit card statement - Bettafun, Bettafun, Bettafun - before it dawned.
It certainly was ‘Bettafun’ for Gdcs!

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I have always disliked BH crowds and once the children were grown up I always opted to work. It was nice to have a day off in lieu when everyone else was back at work.

My feeling exactly or I would save the day to be tagged on to my holidays over xmas/new year.

Everywhere round here is packed at bank holiday weekends, plus the black dog tends to visit me then, for some reason.

We’re looking after grandsons today and tomorrow, Saturday I’m meeting ex-colleagues for lunch, making a birthday cake, organising a children’s treasure hunt and generally getting ready for DS’s family birthday do at ours on Sunday. If we all manage to make it this time, it’ll be the first time all 14 of us have got together since last March.

So I’m looking forward to the weekend, but I’ll be recovering at home on Monday.

We avoid going out at Bank Holidays except perhaps for a walk in the nearby countryside - miles of traffic queues on motorways don't appeal.
Thank goodness we don't have to join in now we're retired.

I fancy going and looking at sheds and I blame Shinamae

Definitely not going anywhere on a bank hol weekend. We're waiting for the children to go back to school!

Enjoy your weekend infoman, but sandwiched as we are between the Lakes, the Dales and the seaside we never go out on a bank holiday as the traffic is always horrendous! Fortunately there’s always something going on at the Marina.

Here they are having a massive party in the park over three days -perhaps to make up for none last year. The Sunday one is quite famous now, though ? not free anymore - but cheap really. So might go. I’ve done it in the pouring rain before. Cold bums, numb hands, hot doughnuts, live classical music with a big firework finale, what’s not to like?

I am going to visit some Open Gardens in the next village on Monday. I don’t normally go anywhere on Bank Holidays.

I live in a small seaside town where the COVID numbers are now higher than they have ever been. Over the weekend we are expecting a huge influx of crowds and I won’t be one of them. In fact I’m about to pop to the local chemist and then I will severely limit my interactions with people until the COVID numbers in my area drop significantly.

Fortunately my allotment is only 200 yards from my front door so I have a place to go and sit out where I can relax in the sunshine and not worry about coming into contact with anyone.