Bank Holiday madness

"Are you doing anything for Easter?" asks my cousin.

The answer is no. Like all Bank Holiday times our reaction is to batten down the hatches & stay inside. This attitude comes from living for a long time in a tourist area. One thing you can guarantee on a Bank Holiday is that everywhere will be heaving. It will be difficult to park cars, find seats in pubs. Service will be slow in restaurants. There will be lengthy queues & traffic jams. No. You do not go out unless it is unavoidable.

So it is that we didn't venture out yesterday. We were due to go to the Pub. It was Fran's birthday, but Fran & Den, the newly weds, have decided to go away for the weekend. Since there would only be us & Helen, MK's widow, she came round to us at our home. It made for a pleasant afternoon. Helen is always good company.

Hopefully I might get out to church tomorrow, but that will be it. If it turns to rain on Monday, we may just venture out. The tourists usually start off for home early if it's raining. The place becomes more like normal.

The hordes of tourists don't put us off so much in high summer, but then they seem to come more spread out over the week. And, if nothing else, we don't want to be cooped up for weeks on end. We never venture out that much at the weekend when it is busier.

You're kind of spoilt living in an area like this. Why fight with crowds on an overcast day, when you can enjoy it so much more on a sunny, quieter day? No, batten down the hatches. I'll maybe hazard a trip into the garden if it stays dry, & do a bit of tidying up. There's some parsley to transplant into the herb garden too. That's the level of my Easter plans.