Hundreds were seen turning up to a popular car boot sales on grassy fields at the Skylark Garden Centre in Cambridgeshire and at Lyndhurst in the New Forest. Restaurants and pubs across the country were booked with some seeing their busiest day of trading in years on Friday. London and parts of the south east are expected to get the best of the weather today through to Tuesday, with forecasters predicting temperatures around '16 or maybe 17C'. Britons have already been busy cramming into streets and outdoor seating areas this week after the Government eased restrictions on the hospitality industry on Monday. Pubs and bars in England can now open outdoor seating areas to welcome back groups of up to six people, or two households.

Source: The Nation April 18, 2021 12:56 UTC