If you aren’t planning to watch the funeral on Monday, what will you be doing?

[Chocolateycheesecake]

We have the bank holiday on Monday - I am not bothered about watching the funeral, and would quite like to make the most of the day off, but obviously everything is closed.

What is everyone planning to do if not watch the funeral?

I hope I'll be working, but I'm not sure yet.

If not working, kind of nothing really. I might sort my photographs out and listen to a podcast or two.

I'm flying to Spain for a short break, as planned. The plane lands as the funeral starts and I've got a 45 min drive so I guess it will be on when I arrive at my destination, depends on my hosts though.

Literally anything else. But I’ll probably get up for an early surf and then have the day on the beach with my family. Reading, eating out of mess tins, playing in the surf, getting cold, getting warm and avoiding the tv and phones.

I admired the Queen. She was impressive, dutiful and hilarious. But I don’t need to spend the day watching her funeral.

I hoped to be working, but unfortunately not, so if the weather is decent I will probably go for a walk or bike ride. If I could find an open supermarket, I would go shopping there in solidarity. Anything to avoid the funeral.

Picnicking in Snowdonia I expect. Probably take a nice bottle of wine too.

Probably take the kids to a park and may meet another family or two there too. Weather looks to be ok and I think pretty much everything is going to be closed.

Mainly working at home as I would have done anyway. I'll have a little look at the funeral etc on the telly, but I can't imagine that'll take more than an hour of the day. I'm travelling to the airport in the evening as flying early the next day.

Dunno maybe picking my nose?

Won't be watching any of it

I'll probably drive to the Kent coast with my dog, take some lunch, have a lovely long walk, and pop in to see friends for coffee and cake on the way home

Probably doing some of my second job which I can do adhoc and from home. Over winter I want to slug as much money away as I feasibly can given the current climate.

Driving DD to Cardiff for Uni. Hoping the roads will not be too busy, and that the service stations will open, I’m assuming they will. Hopefully pubs or restaurants will be open once there or we’ll be a bit hungry after the five hour plus drive.

We've arranged a little orgy.

DH is away abroad for work so I’m not sure - usually I would meet friends for lunch or even lunch out by myself but I don’t think much is open. I’ll probably go for a run, and a long lie.

I will be at Center Parcs! Kicked at at 10am after Fri to min break. Hopefully find something nice to do nearby then have three hour drive home

Booked an Airbnb for a last min long weekend away Fri- mon. Late check out on Monday and then drive home. Really looking forward to it.

Excellent! I assumed nothing fun would be open.

I currently plan on doing nothing, but mostly because I'm working 6 days this week and would have been doing 6 next week as well but my usual workplace is now closed Monday. So I'm pleased to be having the day off, though I have been offered an afternoon session elsewhere and I'm tempted as we do need the money.

I’m going to make a queen-style afternoon tea. Scones, nice sandwiches and bake a cake. I might not watch the funeral, but I’ll think of her. Am also going to catch up on work and sleep.

Working (self employed on Mondays)

The question didn’t seem to be ‘are you not interested in the funeral?’ So I answered.

Driving around in my car playing happy music. Then I'm going to scatter my mother's ashes.

Climbing a large hill.
Paddle boarding.
Seeing clients later on.

LegArmpits I hope you have a beautiful place in mind for your mum. Did she choose it?

Maybe going to the park if the weather’s ok.
I am not likely to watch the funeral because it’s very close to the anniversary of DH’s death. DC will probably want to watch Netflix or something anyway.

I think I'm going to see if I can find a live stream of Center Parcs.

Probably sleeping. It falls between two night duties for me, and I daren't go in tired, not with my patients. They can sniff out tiredness and will exploit it.

putting two coats of rot sealer on two shed floors then reboarding out the floors before moving all the stuff back in.