Bank Holiday Mon: what are you doing today?

[Alison]

What do folk get up to on bank holiday Mondays ? Chelmsford town centre (sorry city centre) somewhat busier than I would have imagined. Huge queue for a retail park also seen. After a lie in and shopping, I hope to spend the afternoon in the garden, popping in to watch a few horse races on the telly. Any invitation out tonight will be strongly resisted: let's get listening to some of those unlistened to Proms recordings. Not exactly thrilling but I'm happy. How about you ?

[MrGongGong]

Writing an opera (without helicopters)

[Alison]

Hope it's got an overture, Gongers !

[Dave2002]

Really Alison! I already had an offer from Anna (!!), and I've been accused of chasing damsons!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

sloe down then and have a tipple or two ....

[french frank]

The fact that it was a BH had not impinged on my consciousness (even the Coop is probably open, though I haven't been out). Work as usual

[Flosshilde]

Bank Holiday? What Bank Holiday? Not here it isn't.

[Frances_iom]

Bank Holiday? What Bank Holiday? Not here it isn't.

but the Scots are always in advance of the English! - you had your holiday 1st week in Aug.
Here it has rained (not quite horizontally just a miserable 45deg or so) since before 6am; there is a modern 'tall ship' ('Lord Nelson of Jubilee Trust) riding out the weather in the Bay - just about visible through the rain - as the wind is mostly from the east and I presume it's heading to Liverpool for 31st Aug I guess it must be thankful for auxilliary engines

[Petrushka]

Been sorting out my CD's this afternoon but given up in despair! I keep on telling myself to use a Bank Holiday to get things sorted, thrown out etc but take one look at the prevailing anarchy and think ... I'll do it next time!

I can't understand the point of Bank Holidays anyway. I'd much rather have them included in my work holiday entitlement to take when I want but that option isn't available, sadly. I'd keep Christmas and Easter as they are but the May and August ones are pretty pointless.

[Flosshilde]

but the Scots are always in advance of the English! - you had your holiday 1st week in Aug.

Don't know wher that happened - not in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Public holidays in Scotland tend to be more localised. InGlasgow the May/June holidays were the same as England, but Glasgow's last holiday was Glasgow Fair 0n the 14 July, & the next will be 24th September. Edinburgh's is even more complicated - 16th April, 7th May, 21st May (Victoria Day), 5th June (Queen's Jubilee), 30th June & 17th September.


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[mangerton]

Don't know wher that happened - not in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Public holidays in Scotland tend to be more localised. InGlasgow the May/June holidays were the same as England, but Glasgow's last holiday was Glasgow Fair 0n the 14 July, & the next will be 24th September. Edinburgh's is even more complicated - 16th April, 7th May, 21st May (Victoria Day), 5th June (Queen's Jubilee), 30th June & 17th September.


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No, not at all. The more our friends south of the border know about our quaint customs the better. It saves the annoying assumptions that so many of them make that our holidays are all the same, although I was once asked by an English person (and this is true, albeit belief-beggaring), "Tell me, do you Scots celebrate Christmas on the same day that we do?"

Dundee celebrated Victoria Day on 28th May this year, and had a Trades Holiday on 23rd July. The next local holiday is on 1st October, the start of the schools' two week break which was traditionally given in this area to allow children to assist with the potato harvest.

For further thoughts on Bank Holidays, please see my post on the "stormy weather" thread.

[Lateralthinking1]

The only thing I do when the banks are on holiday is enjoy the rare sense of high principle in the atmosphere.

Actually there are two things.

My dinner will be my favourite ginger and spring onion sausages from the farm shop.

Though nothing has really replaced Kennedy's.

[gradus]

Painting a bed frame; answering the Ear Worm survey - see Ohrwurm thread (sorry no umlaut); buying fresh plaice at felixstowe; listening to the afternoon prom and about to go for a jog.

[Dave2002]

Very quiet round here. A bit like Sunday afternoon à la Hancock - I wonder if the vicar will come round! Got bored so went out to Brooklands where Mammon is alive and well with hordes of people in PC World, Tesco and M&S. Nothing worth buying, so came home via Sainsburys and Waitrose to pick up some odd food items.

Made iced coffee - gradually improving my recipe, and drank/ate it.

Since then been working a bit - having decided I could put it off no longer. Yesterday I managed to do that by mowing the lawn.

[salymap]

The only thing I do when the banks are on holiday is enjoy the rare sense of high principle in the atmosphere.

Actually there are two things.

My dinner will be my favourite ginger and spring onion sausages from the farm shop.

Though nothing has really replaced Kennedy's.

There was a Kennedy's in Bromley, not far from me [or you]. Apart from the sausages etc they made their own meat paste in little pots with a layer of fat on top. Really yummy.