Revealed: Brits pull the plug on baths amid high energy bills as one in three ... trends now
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One in three have stopped having a bath while many are only filling the tub with cold water.
The radical change in the nation’s ablutions comes against the background of high energy bills that have sent a shiver down the spine of millions.
But while bath dodgers may make a saving in their bank account, the change risks leaving a creativity and productivity gap.
For ever since Archimedes purportedly discovered the theory of displacement in 246BC with a cry of eureka!, the bath has been a font of brilliant ideas.
While millions swear by having a long hot bath to unwind at the end of hard day, so boosting wellbeing.
One in three have stopped having a bath while many are only filling the tub with cold water (Stock Image)
A survey of the impact on rising bills on washing habits has revealed a breakdown of which areas have the most ‘bath dodgers’.
Top of the list is Edinburgh where a survey found one in two (49 per cent) have effectively given up on having a bath.
The figure was 37 per cent in Sheffield and at least 30 per cent in Southampton, Brighton, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Norwich and Glasgow.
Importantly, the figures do not mean Britons are not washing, but rather they have switched to showers, which use less
