Bank Holidays.. Love them or loathe them? (1 Viewer)

[phil_in_npton]

Good Morning!

Today I would like to know how are you enjoying the Bank Holiday? Weather is undecided here in Northampton, and seems similar in a lot of the country.

Q1. Are you away or stay at home?
Q2. Pre booked or impulse?
Q3. Organised event or freestyle?
Q4. In Motorhome or not?

I await your responses with interest!

Phil in Northampton

 

[dunnah01]

Avoiding the chaos and staying at home, hoping to render a wall if the sunny weather holds

 

[MattR]

Away
Prebooked
Freestyle
Not campervan

Roads are much quieter this morning than they are normally

 

[HugoBNB]

At home.
We are retired, so every day is a holiday. We do a mix of impulse and pre-booked depending on where we are going, or if there is a specific reason to be somewhere on a certain date. By choice, we will always head off during weekdays and leave weekends, particularly Bank Holiday ones, to others.
Enjoy whatever you are all doing.

 

[WESTY66]

Im at home BUT I love Bank holidays, a days pay without being at work

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[David and Sally]

Away
Pro-booked but extended to avoid traffic
Was organised at Swaffham Bash but now freestyle at Cambridge
In Moho.

 

[Jev88]

Love them as it's MY Bank Holiday weekend (Birthday) today

Illness means we missed the Swaffham Bash

 

[David BW]

At home.
We are retired, so every day is a holiday. We do a mix of impulse and pre-booked depending on where we are going, or if there is a specific reason to be somewhere on a certain date. By choice, we will always head off during weekdays and leave weekends, particularly Bank Holiday ones, to others.
Enjoy whatever you are all doing.

Same here, though we have to navigate around queuing holiday traffic to get to the sailing club for Saturday racing.

 

[scotzsue]

Jev88 Many happy returns.
Helping family erect their tent today, stepson working away and it is not easy for one. nothing planned for ourselves. Quite close to home so may make a bit of a day of it on the way home.

 

[Bailey58]

At home after my son's wedding on Saturday and now pet sitting. Never go out bank holidays, we have the rest of the year to do that.

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[busbuddy]

At work

 

[Odd job]

We booked a few days on a CL didn't know it was a bank holiday until I saw it on the calendar. Of course we are now inside listening to the rain on the roof

 

[Ingwe]

Although now retired so that Bank holidays mean less I still enjoy the idea. Yesterday, as was typical of most Spring Bank holidays when I was working, it rained mostly but it did mean that the Woodlands walk near York (part of Yorkshire Wildlife) was almost empty. So we enjoyed the lovely rhododendrons.

 

[cyberyacht]

Hate traffic queues so avoid Bank Holiday travel if possible.

 

[Tombola]

Away, in Spain..
Wasn't pre booked and was due to go back to UK on 14th...seen the weather ...so extended..seen the weather again so extended again..and again...

But funeral in UK Thursday so back tomoz.

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[bigwood]

Having done breakdown work for twenty two years including a lot of bank holidays I would rather be at home than fighting traffic and staying on rammed full sites.
I had a week in France with our son early this month so I have spent the weekend tidying the van ready for our next trip at the end of June.

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

Usually make a point avoiding bank holidays, but we booked a trip to Scotland 6 months ago because my wife works in a school and it's half term in Wales so she's not working, but forgot that it's Bank holiday weekend. Had a nightmare drive to Scotland in the rain. Just short of our destination I got a message on the satnav that there was a 147 minute delay just ahead of us, so we pulled off the m74 at Cairn lodge services to make a plan b. Checking the map we came up with a plan, after wasting 45 minutes we headed out, took a wrong turn and ended back on the motorway where I didn't want to be!
Committed we had to carry on
We got to where the delay was meant to be and there was nothing, slow traffic but it kept moving. The motorway only has 2 lanes so it doesn't take long for a tailback to grow but equally it takes longer to clear. The diversion would have taken us well out of our way.
I've pretty much always trusted the satnav but will be more dubious from now on

 

[phil_in_npton]

Interesting replies so far, so who are the hordes that descend on places as it seems it’s not wise motorhome folk!
As we have no motorhome for a couple of weeks we are taking chairs and a picnic to the park for a Buddy Holly tribute act.

We will see how that goes!

Phil in Northampton

 

[BikerGraham]

Normally avoid them but last bank holiday had been to a concert in Cardiff so had to travel back on the BH Monday.

Today am returning home on ferry to newcastle from ijmuiden after 10 days motorbiking in Germany. Chose today due to the Bairns holidays and it was also a decent priced.

 

[Emmit]

Living in Cornwall, I am absolutely loving today, Spring Bank Holiday Monday.

There again, I'm in the Dordogne so I would, wouldn't I.

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[Go_buddy_go_]

Was away for Friday and Saturday travelled back on Sunday so OH could watch the Leeds match and forecast was rain anyway…so at home … been back to the moho storage yard to replace a broken sink waste and now in the garden doing a couple of jobs and enjoying the to follow

 

[Otter Spotter]

we always try to be at home on bank holidays just because we don't like the busy roads, attractions all full and scenic villages etc. full of the snotty hankie on the head brigade

 

[jerryz]

Bank holidays have always been, Chav, Sheep, idiots playday ,,,, I hate them even when I was young

 

[busby]

Not done a Bank Holiday in UK for 40 odd years..BUSBY.

 

[JnJ]

Spent all morning at a hospital appointment but off on Friday for a 6 week jolly

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[JJ]

Every weekend is a Bank Holiday for me...

JJ

 

[carolyn]

Home but darling daughter is here so that’s wonderful. It’s Sherborne Country Fair today and the roads are dead which is odd. We normally struggle to get out of our drive. It’s not been cancelled. Think I’ve discovered why. Adult tickets £18 and children £5 !!!

For a family that’s not much cheaper than the Bath and West which is £64 for a family of 5 and is much better. Not that it would be my cup of tea mind but it’s next weekend and only up the road.

 

[MikenPauline]

Both retired and getting a petition up to let us have a day off on Bank Holidays.

Pauline

 

[Reallyretired]

Away (south of France). Didn't realise it was a Bank Holiday. That's why the weather's crap today.

 

[phil_in_npton]

Good Evening
Hoping you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday whatever you did and wherever you did it!
For us , local park, so no traffic, picnic in the sunshine and occasional shower, but everyone seemed prepared with their brollies!
Great to see plenty of folk out in the fresh air having fun , dancing to the sounds of Buddy Holly.

Phil in Northampton

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