lets ALL get out this last Bank holiday weekend

Wish I could, but stuck inside because of husband recovering from knee op and he can't walk far. I also detest crowds, and although I would have liked to get to our caravan, we know the site will be heaving and we're not fans of screaming kids! I am however, going stir crazy being stuck at home.

You are kidding aren't you? Spread the virus and you'll be in lockdown again"!!!

Septimia

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

Same here, we had nothing planned anyway never do and never did on BH.
Just heard pleas yet again from the Health chief on TV about Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The drawback of living near a honey pot is you can only enjoy them when either the weather is bad or it's term time.
It's always been the same my parents would never have dreamt of visiting Keswick, Ullswater or Ambleside during big holidays we had our own little secret places to visit. Which unfortunately the Sunday times seem to be keen to divulge to the rest of the country. I'm sure people in North Yorkshire and Cornwall and Devon feel the same.

Quite fancied booking a Warner Leisure break but the prices are so prohibited so it’s a staycation again. Eating out at teatime today then off out tonight with my friends to watch a band at our local.

We tend to avoid trips on BH weekends. Far too many people for my liking.

However my granddaughter will be 6 tomorrow and we're having a get together. Fingers crossed we get some sun and can pile into the garden

Dh and i are off to do a car boot on sunday,and walk around one on monday,weather permitting of course.

Infoman (or anyone else for that matter!) why the inclusion of the word last in the title?
Am I being dim or missing something?
Thank you!

I'm out for 2 birthday lunches with friends and loads of dog walks in between. I have gone mad cleaning today so no hoover will be in my hand the whole of the Bank Holiday. Enjoy ladies.

Last one of this year maybe, FannyCornforth!

Hopefully we'll be around for the next one ;-)

FannyCornforth

Infoman (or anyone else for that matter!) why the inclusion of the word last in the title?
Am I being dim or missing something?
Thank you!

It’s not even the last one of the year - Christmas Day and Boxing Day will still fall in 2021

FannyCornforth

Infoman (or anyone else for that matter!) why the inclusion of the word last in the title?
Am I being dim or missing something?
Thank you!

I think there should be a Bank Holiday in October.
It could coincide with half term.

I shall wave my wand, pass a law and invite people to choose a name for it. The winner gets a day off
?‍♀️

#OctoberBankHolidayFairy

FannyCornforth

Infoman (or anyone else for that matter!) why the inclusion of the word last in the title?
Am I being dim or missing something?
Thank you!

maybe the last one before we say goodbye to this lovely [not] summer weather
its no good having a bh in October in the rain

Oh I don’t know! What could be more British!
I agree about October, or even November maybe.

If we all did as the thread title suggests, the roads this weekend would be a nightmare and - even worse - people like grannyactivist in holiday hot spots would be under siege. Why am I saying 'would be'? I'm afraid that 'will be' is more accurate.

No way are we going out what with the increased traffic, the crowds of people not wearing masks and queues for everything. We will be at home, sat in the garden with a book and the cat.

We never go places on Bank Holkday weekends. Cant stand the crowds - and that was before covid.

I think all the beauty spots will be rammed this weekend. The weather will be fine so many will head off in their cars.
Last week Snowden had people queuing to reach the top. There are worries now about these places being ruined by so many tourists.
Even my local country park has been damaged. Litter,. Gates pulled off, fences broken and the river full of plastic bottles. This apart from wild orchids trampled and the wildlife disrupted.
I hate crowds and queuing in the car so will stay home.

The roads to the Hampshire/Dorset coasts will be heaving. As we did pre-Covid, we residents stay home, it's just not worth venturing out over BHs. I'm happy, my online delivery's been, the garden is calling.

Popular beaches or well known beauty spots don’t inevitably have to be the destination though do they?
It’s perfectly possible to find lesser known places to visit for an amble in the countryside and not to be shoulder to shoulder with other people.

We have a high pressure system in place which means dry, hopefully sunny weather for most of the country, so I guess that a lot will head to the coast but even so I should think that over the years most of us have sussed out quieter spots.

We live just over an hour from the south coast and, during the past eighteen months, in a determined desire to avoid crowds, we’ve discovered some spots to park, eat our packed lunch and have a good walk in the sea air. We also sometimes avoid the main roads and drive through some really pretty Sussex villages with some tempting looking pubs for lunch if I fancy letting someone else do the cooking!

Crowds and traffic jams are not inevitable during a Bank Holiday weekend if a bit of forward planning is used.

bother
i could have made a fortunate renting out my drive to 3 or 4 cars this evening
the road is nose to tail with vehicules

Personally I prefer to avoid bank holidays as they re way too busy and crowded and I d rather sit in the garden or go for a walk than sit in a car for hours in a traffic jam getting nowhere fast, but for those who enjoy hope it’s a good one ??Xx

Although I've been retired 6 years (early retirement in health grounds) I still "observe" Bank Holidays.

I still have the wonderful sense of a glorious day with no-one but myself to consider. So I get up at the same time as usual (04:30, early riser), take the dogs for a longer walk than usual, and have festive food - will be making a chicken roast dinner, which was the celebration meal of my childhood, then sit with a bag of Cadbury's giant buttons, a cup of coffee and a film: have bought myself Downton, the movie.

Part outside, part inside, all indulgence. Looking forward to it!!

We have been busy all week painting summer house and sheds. Going to a food show at Chester on Saturday. We will either stay home or visit GC over the rest of the weekend.

i dont know what people especially younger people are supposed to do on an august bank holiday in a country
where they have endured 18 months of restrictions
where children have missed so much school
where they are discouraged from going abroad
where holidaying in the UK is their only option
where they have had to provide childcare
where their working lives have been disrupted
so i understand why popular tourist resorts and seaside towns will be heaving this weekend.
this evening i ventured down to the seafront to watch the red arrows along with thousands of others. people of all ages were rows deep shoulder to shoulder and the little streets on the way back were heaving. fortunately we were all outside and only for a couple of hours, but tomorrow is fireworks and the fair and so on. Infections will undoubtedly rise next month but i honestly cant suggest an alternative solution.

Granmarderby10

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?

Cold bums and numb hands? ?

Bank Holidays are always horrendous ( at the best of times) and now it’s the worst of times ( I think Dickens wrote something similar.)
Crowds everywhere, disgusting loos, poor service in cafes and pubs and miles of traffic.
Stay home, drink wine in the garden and read a good book.