04 March 2011 : Written by Rhian Evans
All this 1 hr later?
The news today is full of the outline plans, made by the government, around ways in which we can encourage more holidays to be taken in the UK and also to enhance the British summer time.
The main plans are:
- Push the clocks forward an extra hour in British Summer time - means it will be lighter for longer in the evening (but also a little darker for longer in the morning), also will bring our summertime hours into line with Europe.
- Move the May Day Bank Holiday to have one either in October, or in April (for St Georges Day in England) and in March (for St David's Day in Wales) - the idea is to elongate the holiday season.
In our opinion anything which can be done to enhance what we already have is a bonus. Also, we tend to all travel and go away in such a narrow time period in the Summer, which is natural as that's when the main holidays are, that spreading that further is only going to be good for the economy, the travel industry and the camping industry.
The Bank Holiday move would be great for the camping industry as bank holiday weekends are classic times for everyone to go camping - a long weekend in the UK.
It is also true that our number of bank holidays is the "stingiest" in Europe so adding one instead of moving one would be even better - let's encourage people in Britain to travel and stay in Britain and encourage those from Europe to come over and not have to bother changing the clocks.
The main thing the Tourism Minister can't control though is the weather, no matter how many bank holidays, no matter what time it gets dark....! So, always take your wellies, a good waterproof and a great tent!
As bank holidays are so scarce and precious, they are getting booked up already. Find and book your bank holiday camping, caravan, campervan or motorhome trip now: