How are your weekends?
New research from Allianz Your Cover Insurance has found that half of Brits (50%) rate their weekends as average and nearly a fifth (18%) say their typical weekend is boring. Allianz Your Cover Insurance has launched its Great British Weekend campaign2 to overcome weekend boredom by urging everyone to get out and about to make the most of their weekends.
Andy James of Allianz Your Cover said: “We want to instil a renewed sense of adventure in Britons’ weekends and encourage us all to make the most of what Britain has to offer. We are a nation that is known for ‘living for the weekend’ however it turns out that when it gets to the weekend most Brits are wasting it. We are launching our Great British Weekend campaign to highlight the potential fun there is to have at the weekend by uncovering new places or having new experiences.”
The research showed:
- Those aged 55+ are most likely to be enjoying the year ahead with an average of five day trips planned
- The majority (91%) of Brits use their cars to go away at the weekend but are only prepared to travel an average of 58 miles
- Older generations have the most adventurous spirit as they are willing to drive the furthest for a day trip and weekend away.
Photot credit: Karen Roe
For help when out and about in their cars, Brits can download the Allianz Your Cover Find & Drive Smartphone app which helps locate essential services when on the move. You can join the Allianz Your Cover Insurance Great British Weekends campaign by joining their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/YourCoverUK or by following them on Twitter @YourCoverUK. where they are also running a competition for two lucky Twitter followers to win an annual family National Trust membership. Follow @YourCoverUK and the hashtag #GBWeekend to enter and find out more .
Secrets to a top weekend
Brits that enjoy their weekends put their secret down to being happy to spend time at home (36%) or planning ahead to make sure they have fun (29%).
Brits top weekend activities are:
- Relaxing at home (40%)
- Enjoying the countryside (23%)
- Watching TV (22%)
- Having a weekend break away (22%)
- Reading a book (21%)
Competition
- Simply tell me your favourite thing to do on the weekend to be in with a chance of winning £100 worth of days out vouchers from Allianz Your Cover Insurance on the baby budgeting site.Leave your answer in comments below.
- If you follow Allianz Your Cover Insurance on twitter @YourCoverUK and let me know you have done so in a separate comment I will give you 2 entries.
Good luck!
Terms and conditions can be found at Your Cover Insurance This comp will end on May 4th.
My favourite thing to do at the weekend is a simple trip to the local park so the boys can run free, then a trip to the bakers on the way home before snugglung on the sofa in front of a family movie – heaven.
My favourite thing to do at the weekend is having the time to potter around, make pancakes for the kids, maybe plant something in the garden and go to the park for a play and scrambled eggs on toast! Simple pleasures are the best!
My favourite thing to do at the weekend is a woodland walk and a visit to an icecream parlour with the kids.
i love taking the kids to the park for a picnic. We like going to the farm and zoos!
i follow on twitter as @ashlallan
At the weekend I love spending time with the kids and my husband. We try to get out each Sunday for a walk or bike ride and when funds allow a trip to a farm or zoo are the kids favourite places to visit.
I already follow Allianz Your Cover Insurance on Twitter as @DebbieWobbs.
Forest walks with my 2 boys
We like to gout for walks and picnics at the weekend (weather permitting!)
I am following @YourCoverUK on Twitter – @bloomingfox
I love doing arts and crafts with my son at the weekend 🙂 and home baking xx
I follow @YourCoverUK on twitter too…. @gemstargem 🙂 xx
My favourite thing to do on the weekend is cycle. When I get on my bike I immediately feel much younger and feel I can out-cycle life, leaving all my cares behind me.
I am following @YourCoverUK on twitter @01592_katie
We enjoy doing family walks at the weekend.
I am already following @YourCoverUK and my twitter name is @auroradreaming.
Favourite things to do are: Swimming, Ten Pin Bowling, Cinema if it is cold or wet. During the summer we like to go out cycling in woods, go to zoo, go to the beach.
Following on Twitter – @clairew137
Go for a walk on the beach with the family.
Saturdays out all day and Sunday feet up until time to bed!
I love spending time with my family – going for walks or cycle rides or just chilling and watching a movie.
I follow Allianz Your Cover on Twitter @figgygee
Our saturdays are usually took up of shopping and 3 hours of dance classes, Sunday’s are revolved around chilling and preparing Sunday dinner with the occasional trip to the park/ bike rides, with having 5 children, a day out is a special treat that requires a lot of saving up lol x
Playing games with my son.
We love to go camping at the weekend.
Taking my grandson out in the back garden when it’s raining and jumping in puddles. He adores doing such a simple thing and it warms my heart.
Our favourite thing to do on a weekend is to visit Thornes Park in Wakefield. Parking is free, there is a large duck pond, aviary, tennis courts, football pitches, beautiful gardens, garden centre, a childrens play area with a small steam train, a massive expanse of grassed area to roam, play frisbee/cricket/football/tig/hide and seek, have a picnic we are only limited by our imagination!
Love going to National Trust properties and looking for new walks where we can take the dogs
Following on Twitter @Wava_Wanda
We do lots at the weekend, but my favourite thing weather permitting, is for us all (including the dog) to go on a picnic.
Already following @YourCoverUK
We like to do brass rubbings in churches with crayons specially bought for the hobby. The children love it and we get to see different churches in beautiful surroundings across the country. It informs the children and we compare our work at the end of the day.
I love to take my daughters out when the weather is dry, either cycling down at the riverside, where you have the wind in your hair and you breathe in the fresh air or go to the park and let them run wild, climb, swing, slide and play with the ball, frisbee or even a kite when there is a good wind blowing. If the weather is not great, then we’ll play a board game like ludo or snakes and ladders. You can spend hours playing ludo and not even notice. Make chocolate crispie cakes and put either small marsh mallows, raisins or smarties on them. There is things that you can do without having to break the bank. It just takes a little imagination and to remember what you did as a child. It’s fun reliving your own childhood!!
Our favourite thing to do at the weekend is to visit one of beautiful National Trust parks we have close by, the kids love the open space and parks and my husband and I love the gardens and cream teas 🙂
@MrsWebster147
I am following Allianz on Twitter @MrsWebster147
We have a family pass to Historic Scotland and love exploring castles and eating cakes in the cafes! It works out very cheap if you visit more than a couple of places.
My favourite thing to do is take my son to Knole park to see the deer who are quite tame and take food from your hand. Following on twitter @emstargally
Sleep in then just be together as a family
My favourite thing to do on the weekend is go on a day trip with my family. Unfortunately it’s getting more and more expensive, especially with the price of petrol, so it would be lovely to win this competition.
I follow Allianz Your Cover on Twitter.
Drive in the countryside and picnic in the woods is how i like to spend a saturday!
We love going to the beech at the weekends, even if the weather is bad we put on welly’s on and the kids love it
Going for a walk by the sea.
My favourite weekend activity is to pack a picnic and flask and head off for a walk somewhere in the beautiful Peak District. It started out as a way of economising, but now its a way of life!
I’m following @YourCoverUK on twitter. I’m @WrightyH on there, Hilda Wright. Hilda is a nickname, but it ends up making everything complicated as I never know which name to use on forms!
I like cycling at the weekend
Sleeping whilst my mum looks after the kids!
My favourite thing to do on the weekend is to cook. It’s my passion!
I will spend hours in the kitchen baking and roasting.
I love nothing better than a day in the kitchen and my family love nothing better but eating it all!
my favourite thing to do on a weekend is chill out with the kids on a saturday then sunday we watch them both play football and cheer them on, manic and busy but fun and i wouldnt change it for the world <3
I love most to take my boys for a walk, then a trip to the park, and back for hot chocolate and a movie to chill out!
I all ready follow @YourCoverUK on twitter, with @caliben7 – thanks 🙂
I love to do crafts or baking with my son, he enjoys licking the bowl!
Going for a walk, visiting Grandma and a good family film!
We love to go to the bootsale on a sunday, my daughter likes to look for toys, my parents love fireguards and rugs and I enjoy browsing the clothes.
I like packing a picnic and going for a long family walk 🙂
I’m following on Twitter – @BoostieBoo
Open air museums like St Fagan’s that we can enjoy and take a picnic 🙂
I would love to go to Drayton Manor theme park as I’ve never been!
Morning, this weekend building a boat, 48 hours of rain, yuk!, normalweekend babysitting ourr great gran children
We love taking the family to the park and enjoying a picnic
Swimming in the local lido at ilkley when weather is nice and walking the dogs. Also cooking with the kigs.
I like to take our son out somewhere new, a walk, a petting farm, or just to a park.
Every week we have a traditional British Sunday roast with the family
I like going to the park with my toddler and meeting with friends for a bit of gossip.
I love taking kids over the park on the weekend, I always get a workout on my arms while the little one is in the swing saying “go higher mummy” gotta love the weekends special times with the children
following on twitter @carlycandy83
Walking in our local countryside followed by a a hot cup of tea and sunday sandwiches.
Anything outside
we love going to our local woods for a walk with the dog, then a relaxed brunch before sitting down as a family to watch a movie
I love going out walking in the countryside. If it’s raining, I just cover up, and walk but if the weather is nice I take my camera and a picnic 🙂
I’m following @YourCoverUK on Twitter as @LoveWinning 🙂
We love to go on a family cycle ride to the local water park. My son would choose a theme park every weekend if he could.
cycling along the coast
Family picnic in Hyde Park
Being together as a family, and enjoying sunday lunch
Getting outside, it doesn’t have to be anything special, we could potter in the garden, splash in puddles with our wellies on, or go for a picnic.
We like to go out for a walk, play ball in the park, have fun together.If its raining we usually go to swimmingpool, my kids love this.
Go the park as a family and play cricket or basketball if weather permits, or make cookies if weather bad – far too many cookies been eaten lately in our house!!
I love to relax with the family. Maybe take a stroll along the beach if the weathers nice. Cook a roast on Sunday after church and watch films.
I love taking my 17 month out for trips. It’s amazing watching him experience the world
Lots of activities with my son 🙂
When the weather is good, we love going to the beach
We love to go to church on Sunday and visit my son’s Grandparents and Uncle for lunch.
Spending in with my 2 children,
going to the park/beach with a picnic
having the longest cuddle in our best and lying there until we want as its the only day we dont have to get up for work or school and costs nothing 🙂
The whole family loves going for a family bike ride.
I am following Allianz Your Cover Insurance on twitter from @P_E1
I likw to do an acitivty with the family such as bowling on a saturday morning as its the only day the whole family are together. In the afternoon we like a nice walk in the park or at the end of the month a trip to the seaside.
Just chilling out spending time together!
We love taking a picnic and going to the local river to do some jam-jar fishing for tiddlers. The kids love it ^_^
love to go to a theme park…normally alton towers lol
I’d love to have all my family round for a BBQ, sitting in the garden with a nice glass of wine, (when the weather is hot of course).
I love going on long walks with the dogs
I love taking the kids to the park to feed the ducks and then baking together at home.
Taking the kids to the woods for a walk, looking for daffodils or bluebells or squirrels
Am following Allianz Your Cover Insurance / @YourCoverUK on twitter my user name ~ manna137 😀
Going to chessington world of adventures
Going to the park to feed the ducks
We love going swimming and our Sunday roast
Also following on Twitter @flagstones1
We love going to our local National Trust woodland. It’s free (yay!) and our little boy loves to climb trees, look for squirrels rabbits and deer, and find sticks and leaves to take home and make art. It’s also great for cycling and football and a lovely spot for a picnic, just perfect! We’re luck to have it on our doorstep.
We love to go to the bootsales.
I’m following on Twitter @nataljap123
Our favourite weekend activity is meeting friends and their kids for a huge game of hide and seek in the local woods. We also collect lots of twigs/leaves/cones/pebbles to either make ‘wood people’ and little shelters before we leave or to use for pictures/sculptures with when we get home. If the weather is terrible we go puddle jumping instead.
I am following Allianz Your Cover Insurance on twitter – @rugbylovingmum
I love going to car boots and getting bargains.
Going to the park with my husband and daughter, either for a picnic or to splash in muddy puddles
MAKING CAKES WITH THE KIDS
if its nice we will go to the park and feed the ducks or we will go for a long walk with his bike if not we usually stay in and play with play dough or make rice crispy cakes not that there are many cakes by the time we are done but i love are together time as a family x
im following on twitter @HelenRemi411
I do geocaching, going to our local athletics club and relax in the evening
Family picnic at Bewl Water in Kent.
we like a walk along the beach followed by a bbq if the weather is good, if not its the old faithful the cinema, big bag of popcorn
I love driving down to the coast with the children, but the weather often isn’t good enough 🙁
FOLLOWING ON TWITTER @LSULLYSULLIVAN
going to the park as a family, taking a picnic and having fun
I love to go walking in the woods beside a stream.
We like to spend a day relaxing and another day doing day trips to places
We like going swimming on a Sunday morning then have a leisurely brunch
I love going to the gym in the morning, destressing doing a Spinning or Body Pump class and then my husband bringing the kids up to meet me there so we can take them swimming for an hour and then home to a delicious lunch and a relaxing afternoon!
We love to find special places to eat picnics
On the weekend I absolutely love to bake with my little boy, especially if the weather is bad. We make brownies, cookies and eclairs. We also make cup cakes and have fun decorating them. My little boy loves to help weigh things out and mix the ingredients together x
I’m also following on twitter @86Gemz x
I don’t have one particular favorite thing to do , I like a lot of variety. a few of my favs though are:
– baking with the kids, they love making cupcakes, we made mr potato head ones last weekend with gummi lips,teeth and other sweets as the face.
– going for a walk/picnic with the dog (unfortunately not had nice weather much)
– Going to museums , there is a lot of good free ones that the kids love and a few more expensive ones that I would like to visit more often, my son really wants to go back to the flight museum
– craft activities or building jigsaws
also following on twitter @tubaboya
we have precious little time as a family . So we love to have family roast dinners with our parents. Go to the beach if dry and fine or just go to local park and feed the ducks
I like to go for a blast on my motorbike (when the weathers good)!
Read the papers, drink coffee, brunch with friends, a thetare matinee. 🙂
My favourite thing to do on the weekend is to take a walk with my toddler along the canal. she’s really getting up some speed now!
I’ve also started following on Twitter.
I’m following on Twitter – https://twitter.com/#!/GrungeRockGirl
Me and the kids put on our oldest clothes and our Welles and go an jump in as many puddles as we can find!
Me and my little boy love going to the local beach or park. Last weekend we took a day trip to Oakwood theme park but it rained the whole time so it wasn’t much of an adventure but at least it got us out of the house.
I am following @YourCoverUK on Twitter @hlac1
Walking the dog!
i like to have lazy weekends with my 3 year old, wrapped up in a fluffy blanket with chocolate and a good family movie 🙂
I work most weekends so when I have annual leave I don’t mind what we do, so long as we’re spending time together as a family
Already a Twitter follower
@ammalinetheduck
Anything that involves spending time with my husband and daughter is how I most like to spend my weekends, even if it’s just going for a walk or going to the local park.
I am now following @YourCoverUK on twitter as @GromitFan1
We love getting out and about. What we do depends on the weather but family favourites are walks in the Peak District, going to the park and visiting the local butterfly house/farm. If its not so nice we might stay in and do some baking/crafts or have an indoor picnic. We’re never bored!
Playing with the Meccano with the kids (3+4) – they’re getting so creative now, and reading them all my favourite books from when I was their age. I cherish weekends my weekends with the kids.
We try to make the most of the weekend but at the same time the kids need to relax otherwise they are too tired for school the next week. It seems that most weekends there will be at least one birthday party so we tend to chill out that day other than going to the party for an hour or two, and on the other day we like to get outside and go to the park, the beach, the woods, riding bikes etc….unless the weather is as bad as this and then we go to a softplay so the kids can burn off some energy while Mum and Dad enjoy a latte!
I love to do crafts or baking with my daughter..
I just like to potter with the family and share some good quality time together, it’s so precious these days
It doesnt really matter to me where we go or what we do aslong as we spend the time together as a family. I think its imprtant that the kids get quality time with mummy and daddy wether that be doing something educational like going to a museum or zoo or at home making fairy gardens and having treasure hunts and quizzes
I also follow @YourCoverUK as @zoenmya
chilling out with my kiddies 🙂
we love to go and get muddy in the woods and look at the nature in the stream and countryside x
I like having a country walk with my lovely dughter and our big hairy dog
am following Allianz on twitter already @essexgirlSE
My favourite thing to do at the weekend is go for a long country walk, providing it isn’t raining
I love going to the park with my kids followed by a sneaky milkshake from maccy D’s 😉
fishing
I am quite simply happy to spend as much of the weekend as possible catching up with my hubby whom I barely see throughout the week!!
We love to make some popcorn, snuggle on the sofa under a blanket and watch a movie – Tangled being the favourite at the moment! Perfect for those dark and rainy afternoons.
I love going away for the weekend. Love to spend a couple of nights in a hotel so I don;t have to cook or clean up (or make the beds) @piperanddaisy
already following @YourCoverUK on twitter as @piperanddaisy
Go to the park
WE LOVE TO FOLLOW OUR BELOVED LOCAL RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM-CASTLEFORD TIGERS, CANT WAIT FOR MY 4 YEAR TO ME OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY FOR THE TIGERS.
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I have 2 boys aged 4 and 2 our favorite thing to do is going for walks in the country and collecting leaves and branches and all sorts of things to make pictures and other craft projects
We always love to take the four children on a long walk in the woods, collecting various items on the way. We also create a ‘Spotting List’ beforehand to see if we can spot some random items.
am following Allianz on twitter already @dillydondallie
We love going for walks in the woods doing bark rubbings, looking for minibeasts and having picnics
We love to start the day with big family cuddles in bed-followed by a long walk across the local meadows and take in the scenery and fresh country air.
play golf
Saturday is family day – we always make sure that we plan a day out for this day whether is swimming, a soft play centre or a walk around the park – quality time is precious
We like to go out walking and take a picnic woth us
cyle ride 🙂
Sleeeeep!
followed on twitter – @snarepuss
My favorite thing about the weekend is spending time with the kids, picnic out and about if it is nice weather, swimming pool or playing bored games at home if its wet. Playing games and having fun with the kids, there is nothing better!
Me and my 2 year old love to go on a walk into the village and have lunch out 🙂
love spending time with the family and getting out and about, trying to see what the UK has to offer – people often forget what is on their own doorstep!
in the winter i like cook a lovely sunday dinner and invite family or friends over, in the summer, i like to do a massive barbecue, make lots of nice food and invite friends and family over with the kids playing on the trampoline.
Honestly at the moment i most look forward to a lay in when my elsest isnt at school on a weekend – im due to have another bundle next month and im exhausted lol!
We love going down to the beach to play (lucky enough to be a 10 min walk from the sand) and going to the park to feed the ducks!
taking a trip to the seaside for some family time!
I like to take the kids to the Kids AM film at Vue cinema as it only costs £1.50 each.
When it’s nice weather, we love to go for a walk in the park or play football cricket which keeps our son entertained.
It not so good weather, a nice free trip is to go to the World Museum here in Liverpool – it has some great exhibitions and kids love it – there’s dinosaurs, DNA, Egyptians, even an aquarium and it’s all free!
I am following Allianz Your Cover on Twitter as @MySonsSpongeMad
We are very fortunate to have the countryside on the doorstep, so if the weather is nice then we like to take the children out and walk up the hill and enjoy the views. If it is wet then we like to put the children in their waterproofs and go and walk and rummage in the woods.
We love to spend the weekend together doing things as a family. If it’s a nice dry day we will go to the beach and take a picnic, or we go for long walks in the countryside or along the local estuary. If the weather isn’t so great, we like to go to stately homes, museums or art galleries, or bowling or the cinema. We always try to introduce the children to a wide range of activities and interests to broaden their horizons.
love walking on Dartmoor
My favourite thing is to take my dog for a nice walk in the woods.
My favourite thing to do on the weekend is to spend time relaxing with my gorgeous husband and 8 month old baby girl 🙂
I usually work weekends but occasionally get the them off, so I love to spend time with my 1yr old son, he likes to get every single toy out of his toybox then enjoys watching me put them all bk again, its quite funny 🙂
I love going to the beach. Rain or shine , summer or winter always
puts a smile on my face & makes me glad to be alive!
I love to have a good bakiing session with the children at the weekend – bread, cakes, pies, we make them all (along with a big mess!).
I love my husband and I ‘s weekly sunday outing. I am very lucky my mum comes round for a couple of hours every Sunday and me and my husband always find somewhere to go alone. I think although I adore my children its great to have some alone adult time 🙂
my favourite thing to do on the weekend is spending time with my family, and going on
walks and taking the kids out xx
following and tweeted on twitter @nikkij301 xx
do something fun on saturdays like cinema in the evening, then sunday dinner on sundays 😀
Having a leisurely fancy breakfast that we don’t have time for during the week. This might be pastries, pancakes and bacon, fresh fruit or a cooked breakfast ( perfect with potato cakes). Then a trip to the coast or park.
Waterproof coats on, kids in wellies, five rescue dogs and a long wet muddy walk through the countryside!
go to the seaside when its not raining
do the gardening
have a lie in and a lazy day
wash and polish me car and go for a nice drive in the country
go shopping and spend lots of money!
I love snuggling on the sofa with the Small ones but my other half forces me out of my PJ’s and into civilised public 🙁
I’ve followed @YourCoverUK on Twitter too 🙂 @pipersky1
I love to go for a walk along the beach or along the Cornish coastal path
I ilke to go to the cinema with the kids or go cycling.
I am following on twitter @LindyHine
At the moment my kids are loving being in the garden, we have a huge garden with an allotment in and they love planting and digging in the mud. If its raining we also like to go to the cinema for the Kids AM shows.
I am following on twitter too
I like it when we go for a walk by the river near us, and end up at pizza express!
following on twitter @beckydowney
Love to get out in the garden.
i love to take my daughter to new places
99p kids film at the cinema, followed by chips on the beach and an ice cream on the way home
@littleboo_21
Following @YourCoverUK via Twitter
@littleboo_21
I love to take the kids on days out to the seaside or the cinema.
As long as im spending time with the family were happy doing anything