This is what Derry Journal readers are most looking forward to post-lockdown

We recently carried out a lockdown survey of our readers, asking them to answer 25 questions about the current situation.

This week we are running a number of stories looking at various aspects of the results that came out of the survey.

Yesterday we revealed how lockdown has affected those who took part in the survey and what their biggest concerns are. READ THIS HERE.

Today we are focusing on what Derry people are most looking forward to post-lockdown, according to the results of the poll.

Those who took part in the survey were able to choose any number of the following options:

* attending sports events

* eating out and going to pubs

* going to the barber/hairdresser

* going for beauty treatments

* going to the cinema/theatre/live music etc

* going for days out at leisure attractions

* going on holidays/trips

* going shopping

* playing sport/going to the gym/exercise classes

* other

63% of Journal readers said they were looking forward to ‘eating out and going to pubs / bars’, followed by ‘going on holidays / trips’ which 62% of readers opted for.

The third most popular option was ‘going to the barber / hairdresser’ which 59% of people said they were looking forward to.

The least popular option was ‘other’.

Our survey also asked people to choose up to three areas of everyday life they were looking forward to from the following options:

* enjoying the outdoors again

* going back to their place of work

* seeing family

* socialising with friends

* their children going back to school again

The most popular options with our respondents were: ‘seeing family’ with 81%; ‘socialising with friends’ with 65%, ‘enjoying the outdoors again’ with 40%, ‘going back to my place of work’ with 16% and ‘children being back in school’ with 19%.

Today and tomorrow the Journal will be revealing more results from our lockdown survey.

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