We decided to leaven our Glastonbury coverage with a bit of non-Glastonbury coverage. Accordingly, on Friday we asked us to tell us what you were up to over the weekend, excluding those in the vicinity of Worthy Farm.
We had a lovely response. According to our readers, Britain at the weekend is a land of hobbyists and dog lovers, of country walkers, village fete volunteers, karate competition competitors and Pride parade attendees. And, of course, workers.
Here is a selection of our favourite responses. The full gamut is ready for your perusal on GuardianWitness.
For the record, I played Pro Evolution Soccer, had a curry, went to Bristol to visit friends, and cycled along the Kent coast trying to find an abandoned Hoverport.
What you were getting up to this weekend
2) Riding a horse into the sea in Anglesea
3) Wandering along Southwold beach
4) Being the goalie in a Beat the Goalie competition
5) Photobombing Alastair Stewart at your local secondary school’s Head Quiz
6) Listening to Bach on the tube
8) Checking up on Red Kite nests in the Chilterns
9) Queuing for an ATM in Greece
10) Crashing a mountain bike down a hill (picture not for the faint hearted)
11) In the back garden “being irritated by the helicopters flying backwards and forwards overhead channelling all the oligarchs to Pilton”
12) Taking part in a mountain rescue charity day
13) Ironing
14) Helping baby turtles reach the sea
15) Working
16) Working
17) Working
18) Wild swimming (wild swimming was just known as ‘swimming’ when I was young. Kids today etc)
19) Eschewing Jurassic World for the Jurassic Coast
20) Watching your 13-year-old daughter compete in the National Karate Championships in Crawley
21) Making a secular capitalist pilgrimage to the Shard
22) Having a cream tea in the Cotswolds
23) Having a picnic with the dog
24) Puffin spotting off the coast of Northumberland
25) Hanging out with baby seagulls in Kent
26) Taking pictures of topless rowers at a Henley Regatta practice event
27) Enjoying a village duck race
28) Having a lovely walk in the Peak District
29) Getting drunk at home
30) “Working on a highly classified project, trying to develop cold fusion energy, while routinely fighting off international assassins hired by operators of shale gas exploration.” (not entirely sure this one is true, to be honest)
31) Climbing mountains in the Scottish Highlands (with some dogs)
32) Going to see the Grateful Dead
33) Going to see Noel Gallagher in Switzerland
34) Going to see Motorhead in Cornwall
35) Going to see a Johnny Cash tribute act
36) Hosting a Woodstock themed birthday party
37) Watching Glastonbury online with a tube of Pringles
38) Watching Glastonbury in a tent in your garden
40) Encountering a terrifying Triffid-esque plant
