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Brits Hit The Town For First Bank Holiday Weekend Of 2019

Brits Hit The Town For First Bank Holiday Weekend Of 2019

The perfect storm - long weekend, decent weather

Tom Wood

Tom Wood

How's your head this morning? That good, eh?

It seems as if everyone in the world - with the notable exception of us poor few who have to work on bank holidays - was on the drink last night. Who can blame them?

Yesterday was something of a perfect storm. There was a 'last day of school' sort of vibe, a bit of sun - always helps get people drinking - and it's a public holiday. What more excuse do you need?

As it turned out, none whatsoever.

Thousands packed the pubs, beer gardens and nightclubs of nearly everywhere in the UK, seemingly unaware of the significance of Maundy Thursday as a solemn day of pre-Easter reflection.

Caters News Agency
Caters News Agency

Ah well. Today is Good Friday, which is a holy day of fast and abstinence, are you going to abstain from meat and beer today? Of course not, it's going to be even hotter.

You'd have to imagine that it represents the perfect opportunity to crack a guilt-free can with breakfast, pull the barbecue out of the shed, and do it all again.

In the meantime - and this includes anyone who (like me) has had to drag themselves away from friends and family with a day off to go to work - you could amuse yourself by taking a look at some of the photos that have started to filter in from last night's madness.

Caters News Agency

It's only going to get worse as the weekend wears on, guys. Try to pace yourselves, remember it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Some of the people snapped out and about last night clearly didn't remember that.

Caters News Agency

There's some fairly predictable shots of people slumped in the streets, wrestling with burgers and kebabs.

It's a tale as old as time, really.

As ever, much of the most mirth-making photography seeping out through the haze of last night's beer-fuelled partying was in the North.

Caters News Agency

You can always count on the good people of places like Blackpool and Newcastle to put on a show then there is an opportunity for a decent piss up with little or no consequences for the following day.

They certainly didn't disappoint, either.

Caters News Agency

Either way, it's perfectly acceptable to go out and get 'mortal' - is that the correct use of that word? - on an Easter weekend, as long as you don't have to get up for work the next morning.

This Easter bank holiday, spare a thought for those of us who aren't out. We're with you in spirit.

Featured Image Credit: Caters News Agency

Topics: UK News, Funny, UK