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Creepy Ghost Tours of the World
Jan 17th
Theme park, water park, beaches, and forests are common tourism sites chosen by most people to spend their holiday. Although those places obviously offer spectacular views and enticing experience, some people feel that they aren’t thrilling enough. Some prefer eeriness and spookiness. So, special for these different people, ghost tours are available. Different with the other attraction places, ghost tours don’t provide the visitors any rides, slides, shows, or beautiful scenery at all. The attractions offered in ghost tours are spooky, heart-thumping, and breath-taking experience which requires people’s nerves and guts. The visitors will probably find nothing at all during the tour, still they’ll sense dreadful atmosphere surrounding them. Below are some famous Ghost tour all over the world. More >
UK Public Holidays 2010 Calendar
Aug 3rd
In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, workers are not automatically entitled to time off on a public holiday. Time off can be provided for in an employment agreement or by expending annual leave.
Owing to the fact that England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not formal subdivisions of the United Kingdom, each country have different set of public holidays (more commonly called as bank holidays in UK).
Here is a list of Bank Holidays dates for Year 2010 observed in the countries of the United Kingdom
England and Wales 2010 Public Holidays
Friday, 1 January 2010 – New Year’s Day
Friday, 2 April 2010 – Good Friday
Monday, 5 April 2010 – Easter Monday
Monday, 3 May 2010 – May Day Bank Holiday
Monday, 31 May 2010 – Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 30 August 2010 – Summer Bank Holiday
^Monday, 27 December 2010 – Christmas Day
^Tuesday, 28 December 2010 – Boxing Day
Northern Ireland 2010 Public Holidays
Friday, 1 January 2010 – New Year’s Day
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 – St Patrick’s Day
Friday, 2 April 2010 – Good Friday
Monday, 5 April 2010 – Easter Monday
Monday, 3 May 2010 – May Day Bank Holiday
Monday, 31 May 2010 – Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 12 July 2010 – Bank Holiday in Lieu of Battle of the Boyne 2010
Monday, 30 August 2010 – Summer Bank Holiday
^Monday, 27 December 2010 – Christmas Day
^Tuesday, 28 December 2010 – Boxing Day / St. Stephen’s Day
Scotland 2010 Public Holidays
Friday, 1 January 2010 – New Year’s Day
*Monday, 4 January 2010 – Second of January
Friday, 2 April 2010 – Good Friday
Monday, 3 May 2010 – May Day Bank Holiday
Monday, 31 May 2010 – Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 2 August 2010 – Summer Bank Holiday
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 – St. Andrew’s Day
^Monday, 27 December 2010 – Christmas Day
^Tuesday, 28 December 2010 – Boxing Day
^27th December and 28th December substitute Bank Holiday in lieu of 25th December and 26th December because they fall at the weekend
*4th January substitute Bank Holiday in lieu of 2nd January because 2nd January falls at the weekend
