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originally posted by: grainofsand
So it's been a 4 day weekend for many people here in the UK, and just the same as last year it rained, badly.
I'm self employed so I have worked a few hours here and there, and living in a tourist area many people I know have worked overtime, serving the tourists.
It's those tourists I'm ranting for, they spend a fortune on overpriced hotels, expecting a nice long weekend at the beach with their kids and nope, it's umbrella's and raincoats. Oh there are of course lots of 'indoor' attractions, but they are expensive and just add to the cost for a family with a couple of kids. 8 hours on a sunny beach costs nothing more than a few ice-creams and some fish and chips, but no, the gods of miserable weather show up and ruin it, again!
Our public holidays in the UK really are crap, move them to June/July/August I say!!!
...saying that, the Easter weekend and school holidays does provide a massive injection of cash into the local economy, at a time of year when businesses are running low on last seasons takings, so yeah, keep it as it is.
I still feel sorry for all the miserable looking tourists I passed on my way back from the shop just now though.
originally posted by: crazyewok
a reply to: grainofsand
If we get lucky Queeny will peg it in the summer and we all get a day off for "mourning".
originally posted by: crazyewok
a reply to: grainofsand
If we get lucky Queeny will peg it in the summer and we all get a day off for "mourning".
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: Subaeruginosa
Lol, true!
Public holidays in March, ridiculous I say, and as Cobaltic says, so predictable with our crap weather.