Vilifying sunseekers in parks says more about you than it does them
Leave the revellers alone – the truly selfish people are those intent on prolonging this misery
1 April 2021 • 12:18pm
"For every splash of Factor 10, there was a Covid Jobsworth looking to bring the mood down"
Credit: PA
It was all so highly predictable. Britain’s great unlock was always going to coincide with a mini heatwave. Starved of vitamin D, we wandered out into the world, desperate for fresh air and frivolity.
By lunchtime on Monday, you could hear a 21-cork salute ringing out across every park and beach in the land. There were picnics in the daffodils and Proseccos by the ponds. And who could blame us? We’d been incarcerated for the best part of a year, stuck at home, doing our bit for the greater good. For a few balmy hours, life felt joyously normal.