Bloody Bank Holidays!
Christmas Day was on a Saturday this year, and Boxing Day on Sunday (obviously). Pretty much everything shuts down on these days (shops closed, no post deliveries, no public transport, etc). However, since these days fell on a weekend, when some of these services would be restricted anyway, both the Monday and the Tuesday were designated as public holidays too. Aaaaaarrrrggghh!
New Year's Day was also on a Saturday. All shops shut, though they're usually open on a Saturday. Today (Monday) will be a 'Bank Holiday' for New Year's Day, despite the fact that we had a holiday shutdown on Saturday.
God, I hate public holidays, everything closing down, normal activities cancelled.
More stupid Bank Holidays to come over the Easter period, and also on the first and last Mondays of May.
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