Johnno260
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
No my brother has been sensible, with my family it's the older generations being difficult.No one?
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oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
We have a problem in that all mainland Scotland including Skye is level 4 but as an offshore island we are level 3. People are coming in from level 4 to our island for New Year apparently and some who are already here are not going home as they are supposed to. In parts of the island there is real anger at holiday home lets who are not closing as they should. We cannot go off for shopping as we would be going from 3 to 4 and back again but tourists seem to think the rules do not apply to them. Those who give accommodation are just as bad and civil war is brewing.
I'm being silly. It is frustrating. I don't have any friends or family that have stuck to the rules. And quite a few neighbours!
They were cut down versions of christmas in most cases though. Except 2 doors up.
Johnno260
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
haha sorry 2 days with kids, so my wit has evaporated haha love them but it’s tiring.
neighbours are being great actually, and the very old and with health issues are being contacted via WhatsApp to make sure things are ok.
I have many anti vaxers and anti mask in my family, I said sorry you just come across as entitied brats who don’t like being told what to do, it’s a mask it’s not like it’s something hard or difficult.
I think some people just like complaining.
One family member was slamming the governments response, so I retorted oh so your birthday party you had with how many people? How does that help the situation, response was but it was my birthday so I said wow my 5yr and 7yr are more mature than you, they understood and accepted they couldn’t have a party.
Yep I know there are folk who have come up from down south ! Also there is holiday let in my own town advertising “key workers” for use as a stay over. Not buying that!! Hey ho though not my problem. It seeing many folks mixing around my street, it’s normally heaving this time of year. So folk have taken heed !
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
The south of the island has a small population and any strangers are easily identified and key workers are also easily picked out. In the north end where the bulk of the population lives it is not so easy but cars owned by strangers are seen and indeed I can see one parked from my front windows who will probably be here until after New Year.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Are they testing all positives for the new strain or just those with UK links?
Deleted User
Guest
- Location
- Wolverhampton
Something that made me wonder, if 'non-essential ' shops are open but you're not supposed to make non essential journeys why do they open those shops?
Again I thought all non essential shops were to close ? That might be up here of course ! Of course as a side note some of the non essential shops started selling PPE and food to make them essential shops !! I’ve got sympathy for the small independent shops, who lose out big time.
Non-essential shops are open in tiers 2 and 3.
Tier 2 which includes Devon, North Yorkshire, west England and increasingly incredulously Cumbria has hospitality venues properly open with some restrictions such as supposed non-household meeting not allowed indoors but is allowed outdoors e.g. 6 sat on a table close together in a beer garden or semi open tent.
Tier 3 base level hairdressers and gyms are open.
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Tier 3 holds some things.
I think B117 is making two pincer movements up east and west flanks towards quite a lot of forum members' areas. B117 is already here but additions mixing with whatever is already here will skyrocket.
I took a quick look but all the govt info said was everyone entering the country from GB must be tested. I would assume in the current circumstances they would test for the new variant , although the woman concerned who tested positive has only gone into the usual quarantine.
Currently there is a ban on entry from the UK, but from 1 Jan 2021 those with residency rights will be allowed to travel having obtained prior agreement.
My better half tells me a plane load from England who landed in Hannover were kept together in an unheated room for several hours pending testing. Someone got it badly wrong, I hope this of itself didn't allow the virus to spread amongst the passengers. I believe they might sue because of this - as they should.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Tier 4 lockdown my backside! Had to take an asthma inhaler through to East Kilbride from Stirling and the roads were pretty much normal Sunday traffic - especially on the motorways!
