Do you think we will see summer this year?

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In reality, I don’t think anyone will be going abroad this summer.

But, do you think by end of June / beginning of July we will be allowed out again like the good old days (yes I mean before lockdown! ?) Will we have a ‘kind of normal’ summer? When do you think coffee shops / restaurants etc will re open?

Wow, it's the daily thread asking when the lockdown might be lifted.

@pocketem not asking when it will be lifted, nobody knows, only asking for people’s predictions, there is a difference.

No. We won't have anything like a normal summer. And very likely not a normal autumn or Christmas either. This is here to stay and until there's a vaccine or treatment social distancing will be the norm.

nobody knows, only asking for people’s predictions, there is a difference

Asking for people's predictions is the daily thread. No one knows.

No, we're going to skip straight to autumn.

I just want to get back to the gym! Lol

I don't think we will have much of a summer. We have a holiday booked in August in the UK. Just a cottage near the beach. We are happy to take a good shop with us and survive without going in shops. But we will see.

I can't see people eating out for a couple of months at least.

Nope sadly I don’t think anything will do normal this year 😢

Hope to god 2021 will be normal!

If there isn’t at least some normal by Christmas I will be ignoring rules and I’m sure many others will too. No way I’m not doing my family Christmas.

I think we will probably be allowed to see family in small groups. Don't think we will be going on holidays, days out or out to restaurants but if I can at least spend time with family then I'll be happy.

No. It won't be normal. Even a dramatic lifting of the most limiting lockdown measures will still demand social distancing. We'll still see summer though - it's not contingent on your feelings.

@BuffaloCauliflower I’d like to imagine that by Christmas Day we could mix with other family members again and could have our Christmas dinners anyway! I hope Christmas isn’t cancelled this year

I'm weird and hate hot weather so I won't be too fussed if we do.

I love winter, cold and drizzle

I won’t say I hate hot weather but I’m with you on that one @Frompcat. I love winter too. I love the cosy dark nights. And I love Christmas

So, ya wanna prediction do ya. Here's mine: some restrictions will be lifted ie some family gatherings sort of thing....and then the weather will say " oh ho, ya think, do ya" and it'll be summer 2007 again, nice April, average May and then it'll pee down like 2012. There you go, enjoy. Cynical mode off.

@tiredmedic hahah love it

Summer follows spring every year, I am told.

You'll see summer OP. In your garden (if you have one) in parks and daily walks. By then we will probably be allowed out a bit more. We might be able to meet friends in the park or visit relatives. There's an outside chance we might be able to get a quiet U.K. holiday in a cottage or similar.
You'll be able to have small bbq's in your back garden, walk along the beach then buy ice-cream and fish and chips.
And you'll be able to go for a walk and a picnic in the countryside.

You'll be able to make it enjoyable if you're prepared to make the best of things. It won't be what you're used to, it won't be pubs and theatres and restaurants. It won't be cheap flights to somewhere hot and sunny. But yes you'll see the summer and have days when things seem "normal" and fun.

And when we do get our holidays abroad and beer gardens and restaurants again, we'll appreciate them all the more. Nothing's forever.

@stuckindoors77 so true! I hope this makes everyone (me included) realise that we need to appreciate every single thing we have in life

It’ll be a different summer. Most of the festivals and sporting events are all cancelled now. I don’t think theme parks will be open. Zoos and wildlife places will hopefully open but they will probably have limited numbers so you’ll have to arrive at the crack of. National Trust/English Heritage etc may open but not the houses just the gardens (with their shops and coffee shops with social distancing) and again probably limit the amount of visitors per day. Normal retail shops will reopen but with very strict social distancing.

No. We won't have anything like a normal summer. And very likely not a normal autumn or Christmas either.

Don't be ridiculous.

Let me grab my crystal ball...

Op, honestly, you might as well ask for next weeks lotto numbers. You’re going to get a whole host of answers and all of them are meaningless.

We are all keen to get back to normal (ish), but we just have to be patient.

Don't be ridiculous.

That's not ridiculous. It's not miraculously going to disappear in the next few months and we can go back to normal.

It is ridiculous. Because we will adapt and find new, socially distant, ways of doing things.

That might mean no pantomimes at Christmas and watching the kids' nativity play over the internet, but the doom and gloom of nothing happening anywhere and things carrying on exactly as they are right now for months is nonsense.