The ginormous August Bank Holiday thread

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Is it a bank holiday on Monday?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The last one until Christmas?

[Fangirl Three]

It most certainly is.

I hope we're all going down to the NHOTW beach hut on Monday.

Not least cos we left Nightjar behind there in May.

[Nightjar]

Augo Bank Hols = Carnival. :rastafarianbanana:

[Guest]

I wonder if they'll show the Reading/L**ds festival on the telly?





Øn second thøughts, I døn't care. :cølbert:

[Guest]

Dave?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

It's too cold and wet to go anywhere.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

And I've no sweets or chocolate in the house.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

And the nearest shops'll be closed for the bank holiday.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

And it's too cold and wet to go in search of somewhere that's open.

[Fangirl Three]

Yeah, I don't really fancy going to the beach hut today. We'll have to leave Nightjar there till next May.

[Guest]

I'm not leaving the house, it 'orrible out there.

[Nightjar]

Might skirt round the edges of Carnival and stop by at my Mum's then go and see my friend who lives 5 minutes away on Ladbroke Grove.

My Mum's used to part of the main route, but for about 5 years it's been a 'police control street'.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The August bank holiday weekend starts here.

[Guest]

Are the Leeds/Reading Festivals on this year?

Iconic moment from the queen of pop @charli_xcx on the Main Stage at Reading right now #RandL19 pic.twitter.com/Z0Qz5FlRaa

— Reading & Leeds Fest (@OfficialRandL) August 23, 2019

[Nightjar]

I'm pussycat-sitting in sunny Walthamstow again this weekend.

[Guest]

I don't think the Cricket will last till Monday. :LeatherOnWillow:

[cosmictanya]

Well, I'm alone. A friend is coming over for a takeaway and some tv. My son left for France today. Sean is spending the weekend here from tomorrow. Tonight with his daughter.

I've put condoms out in a nice Michael Aram gold pomegranate bowl but he will probably want to leave them there. My good intentions regarding safe practice may melt on contact with his eyes.

[Fangirl Three]

I myself celebrated the approaching holiday by not doing very much work this afternoon.

[cosmictanya]

Well my bank holiday plans have come to a premature end. The bed broke. So I'm waiting for The Handmaids Tale and will be sleeping in my sons room tonight, before shopping for a replacement tomorrow.

The slats? that hold the mattress in place collapsed on one side. They seem to have splintered so can't simply be placed back. Because it's a four poster, those fell down too. Sean suffered a blow to the head, and we were tangled in muslin drapes.

There was some blood but not much. I offered to take him to hospital but he's gone home instead. Probably just as well - my sofa is too short for him to sleep on.

In other news, Virgin seem to be closed - I called to have my landline changed after a friend googled my number and found it listed on Tajikistani and Israeli bugging lists. I've never been to Tajikistan.

PS - condoms remain unwrapped. I hope Boots is open tomorrow.

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