Friends celebrated their long-awaited reunion with a bottle of champagne as they met for the first time in months after the first easing of lockdown restrictions came into place this morning. The pair embraced the morning chill to enjoy a celebratory drink and a picnic on a bench in Clapham Common, south London, as Britons across the country reunited with their loves ones in the nation's outdoor spaces. Elsewhere a pair of friends were seen enjoying a chat and a coffee as they took a stroll through in Hyde Park, central London, while others were spotted sitting down for a picnic in a park in Leeds.