This jubilee holiday thingy..

Ninja Marmot

29/05/2002 at 21:24

is going on?

Last Monday should have been May Bank Holiday Monday, but it's been kyboshed.

So, which day next week is actually Jubilee Day? How many Bank Hol Days are there next week? Have we been diddled out of a holiday?

tony mcgarley

29/05/2002 at 22:59

I was under the impression that the usual bank-hol has been sneakily replaced with a royal one.
But I am self-employed, so whatsa bank-hol anyway?
:(

Drew

29/05/2002 at 23:33

Bank Hol Monday, and Tuesday. I'm off to Snowdonia on Sunday, so I really don't give a damn which day is the official one! But I hope that everyone else is very patriotic and leaves Snowdonia just for us. Not likely really!

Ninja Marmot

30/05/2002 at 00:16

So is Monday in lieu of last Monday and the Jubilee on tuesday???

Still confused...but I'm trying to avoid all the ice-cream-eating people who drive all the way to Keswick to walk round the lake, lick a lolly and then drive home again, causing endless traffic jams in the process.

Plan A: Wild camp Sat-Sun.
Come home avoid crowds of ice-creamy types.
Go back Tues or Wed and stay longer.

Worked at Easter.

Orange Alex Ford

30/05/2002 at 00:19

The bank holiday (late May) has been moved a week AND had a day ADDED to it to allow us ALL to celebrate the Queens Golden Jubilee. It's just a 'coincidence' that it has fallen during many schools half terms. Hence a teacher has indeed 'lost' a Bank Holiday...

I'll be celebrating by avoiding all references to said Jubilee and going to the Lakes for a backpack (AFTER the opening England game on Sunday of course!)

Ninja Marmot

30/05/2002 at 00:37

Not a coincidence at all....as the half term was set originally as last week but after it was set it had to be changed by royal decree throught the kingdom so we'd all be really happy for her maj.
Schools can't have odd days off at will y'see......B4 you start going on about Baker days...they aren't days off, just non-pupil days....we actually lost a week of out annual hols to take those *******s.

Ninja Marmot

30/05/2002 at 00:38

BTW I'm still quite confused...it must be my hamstery brain...

Tim Potts

30/05/2002 at 08:50

I wondered what on earth I was doing at work on Monday when my Outlook calendar popped up and said it was a Bank Holiday!

Now I'm well up for it. Isn't it cushty that the long Bank holiday has coincided with the start of the World Cup?

I'm out walking or cycling most weekends but avoid going anywhere on Bank Holidays (totally defeats the object, which is to get away from the crowds) so, starting Saturday for four days I will mostly be watching football.

It's only once every four years after all.

tony mcgarley

30/05/2002 at 08:56

It only SEEMS like it is more than every four years...

Ben Hedley

30/05/2002 at 09:03

enguuuuuuuuuurrrrrland

dam...gona miss the game...well, gona have to watch it in the pub then ....hic

what jubilee....what queen??

Jon Doran

30/05/2002 at 09:05

Tim I used to follow the exact same policy, but found that I often ran out of food by Monday morning. Now I compromise slightly and am prepared to venture out to the supermarket if necessary.

OutdoorsMagic Editor | jon@outdoorsmagic.com

Tim Potts

30/05/2002 at 09:16

It only seems like more than every four years because of all the stuff in between which sometimes, to some, can give the impression that there is too much football on TV. :-)

Jon, wor lass will be doing food and beer runs over the weekend and we are going to a breakfast party before the Sweden game so that should help to stretch the supplies out.

Lloyd Bower

30/05/2002 at 09:24

Who cares which one is the May Bank hol we've lost & which is Jubilee day!

I'm heading for Scotland after work today, and will be up there for 5 days avoiding the BH crowds. Doing some wild camping but will still be taking the tranny to keep up with the World Cup.

Indications are that the weather gods haven't forgotten its a bank hol w\e anyway, plenty of rain predicted especially mon & tues.

Hedgehope Aztec

30/05/2002 at 09:31

Bugger! And I thought that the weather symbol for Fort William had just got stuck!

Rob Searby

30/05/2002 at 10:13

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Wos hoping to wildcamp on Dartmoor this weekend.
Got to work again. Done 7 out of last 9 Bank Hols, and just to cap it off been told I've got to do a buffet for 70 on Monday night. Anyone fancy swapping jobs so I can get outdoors.

Wonder if I could get a chefs job on an expeditionny type thingy (just dont the girlfriend).

Rob Searby

30/05/2002 at 10:15

Sorry (it is very early in the morning)
Should say dont tell the girlfriend.
so please don't O.K.

30/05/2002 at 11:03

S'alright, your secret is safe with me.

And everyone else on OM!!

Need to find something to do this weekend, was supposed to be moving to my new flat but that ideas been fubar'd by the lousy solicitors. So, need to find some place to go at short notice....

Si(C)

Orange Alex Ford

30/05/2002 at 17:05

I WON'T RAIN THIS WEEKEND...I simply won't allow it!

Mrs F won't enjoy her first backpack if it rains all the time!

Tim Potts

30/05/2002 at 17:21

Alex, you won't rain this weekend, the Queen will still be doing that.
:-)

Hope it stays dry for you and Mrs F.

Hedgehope Aztec

30/05/2002 at 17:29

I have this awful felling, which is why I'm going to cycle to the library to get something to read while we're in Scotland.

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