Either you are excited by the prospect of the solar eclipse on Wednesday or you're not. Some people cannot understand what all the fuss is about while others in Britain and beyond, maybe in their millions, are strapping the children into the car or putting a rucksack on their backs and heading with undue haste to the south-west of England.
New age travellers have already set up camp at St Agnes Head on the northern coast of Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Police have been planning the deployment of their resources during eclipse week for the last year.
Hundreds of extra police officers will be on call during the eclipse and the other emergency services are on standby in large numbers in case of accidents or damaged eyesight from looking directly at the sun. Non-urgent operations in Cornwall have been rescheduled.
If the predictions prove correct and up to two million people arrive in Devon and Cornwall in the week before the eclipse, many of them will soon find themselves in local supermarkets, especially if they have not been able to afford the extravagant prices charged by local hotels and B&Bs. However, Cornwall is a small county and, apart from Newquay on the northern coast and Falmouth on the southern tip, there are few large towns. There is also only one main `A' road running to the tip of Cornwall, making the job of bringing in extra supplies to cope with the demands of eclipse week a difficult operation.
All the main supermarkets have been trucking in extra supplies for their stores in Devon and Cornwall and this weekend is expected to be the busiest of all. The supermarkets expect locals to stock up on basic provisions before the visitors arrive at the campsites, the rented houses and the apartments, all of which is lending a second World War batten-down-the-hatches air to the week.
"I was down in our Weybridge store this week and it was manic," said Mr Pete Williams, a spokesman for a supermarket chain.
As well as taking on extra staff at its 50 stores in Devon and Cornwall, the supermarket chain will also provide "salty seadogs" with a free "store-to-shore" service, delivering provisions to boats. Some supermarkets plan to stay open for 24 hours the day before the eclipse.
Despite the consumer frenzy the eclipse could have a negative effect on the British economy, according to the London Chamber of Commerce. It is predicting that the eclipse could cost industry up to £u500 million sterling in lost production as workers leave offices and factories and head for Cornwall and Devon.
"The build-up to the eclipse and its immediate aftermath will be unproductive as people are away from their work places watching it," a spokesman said. "We are forecasting that the eclipse will cost London and the south-east of England alone over £100 million because the region will almost certainly grind to a halt as everyone watches this unique event."
Van Morrison heads the bill at the Moonshadow festival near Plymouth, and on Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard, 20,000 revellers will dance day and night at the Eclipse 99 festival.
Rachel Donnelly will be reporting from the path of totality of the eclipse in southern Cornwall next week.