The Easter weekend that we have just experienced was the hottest on record, and for that reason it comes as no surprise that we saw thousands of people flooding to resorts like West Wittering, Southbanks, Bournemouth and Brighton in the south, and Blackpool and Weston Super Mare in the north. Brighton experienced a surge of over four hundred thousand people in that weekend alone, and shops and cafes struggled with the large amounts of tourists that descended, running out of drinks and food due to the large amount of people flooding through their doors. The traffic also increased, as it’s notoriously difficult to get in and out of Brighton, and tailbacks were seen as far as twenty miles away from the city, but people preserved to get to the beach which was hotter than Corfu and Majorca.

In Bournemouth, the otters in the aquarium had to be given ice lollies to cope with the temperatures, and it was advised that asthma sufferers stay indoors and avoid sport, as the smog was thick due to the addition of more cars on the road. This combined with the heat could have triggered attacks. This was the first smog warning for over a year, indicating that this summer could be set to be a hot one, and it was also asked that people didn’t get in their cars unless it was absolutely necessary to reduce adding to the smog any further.

Traditional bank holiday jams in locations like the M5 in Somerset are common, but the M1 saw a fire and parts were closed, further adding to the tailbacks across the country. The association of train operating companies said that there were six million train journeys on that weekend, as it s a much more feasible way of travelling rather than having to find space to park and sit in a tailback to get back out of the city.

If you are planning on travelling anywhere in the UK in the car this summer then make sure you have Drivers Insurance, as this is a legal requirement in the UK. Accidents are far higher in the busy periods, and this will protect you in the case of an accident.