lets ALL get out this last Bank holiday weekend

We have been to The World of James Herriot in Thirsk. Had a great day. Traffic no problem, parking easy and free. Great 'museum' and had a tasty toastie from a cafe in the market square. Really nice atmosphere.

Bank holidays come and go for us, we prefer to stay at home away from the hoards of visitors to our area, especially under the current circumstances. We shut the gates and enjoy our space.

We usually stay home all Bank holiday weekend and watch the traffic queues coming back from the beach . Tomorrow I fancy a swim and the forecast is good. So I might pop to beach later in the day.

We will be staying at home over the bank holiday, they don't mean much now that we no longer work. We live on the coast and near a country park, they have been so crowded this year, best avoided. I don't blame people wanting to get away, we are lucky enough to live in a nice area all year round.
We will go away when the school holidays have ended. We will take the dog out later this evening when most of the crowds have gone.

Nice to see so many replys,
well saturday I'm off to an event by train
Sunday early start to the boot sales,
Monday another trip on the train.

We avoid BH and school holidays. All that traffic and too many people!

I live nearby to several holiday spots. For decades we have accepted that roads/ beaches will be packed so avoid the main areas. When daughters young we would go to a local village fete and take a picnic which was lovely. We would follow this with a trip to the beach at a time everyone was going home and have a paddle and fish and chips
Happy memories ?. Now I'm anticipating enjoying the thought of a long weekend in which I will meet up with good friends in their garden with chardonnay and nibbles and tomorrow and monday catch up on crafting!

Ailidh

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!!

Sounds perfect. I might do the same, except I don't have a dog so walk will be alone.

We are going to the Cheshire Country and Game Fair at Knutsford on Sunday because it was there really

Bank holidays infact school holidays now we are retired, are the times we dont go out! as places, beaches where we live are crowded and parking is a nightmare.Even when we worked it was diy job time.Always avoided them.

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.

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.

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.

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!!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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
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#OctoberBankHolidayFairy