What Did They Expect?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53773914
This is exactly why I won't be travelling until this madness is over. Why are these eejits so desperate do visit another country? Now it's a field day for the travel companies who can charge what they like. This was always bound to happen.

[Bobbisox1]

Odd that Turks and Caicos islands and Aruba are included, is this because of the Brits holidaying there ?

[mushroom25]

mad rush to the channel. what? can't get on a tunnel shuttle or a ferry? no problem, rock up to the beach in Boulogne, buy a li-lo and paddle across. nobody will make you quarantine when you reach the beach at Sandwich Bay.....

[iluvmargie]

It really baffles me why people need to holiday abroad this year, it's only one year, why can't they just wait until next year when hopefully things will be much better ? And yes, I know, we are all fed up with lockdown and all the many restrictions that have been placed on all of us, but again, what is wrong with doing without for just this one year ?

[Bobbisox1]

Oh and by the way, I'm hoping mine in September gets cancelled, we booked when the UK was on a high ( for a few days haha ) now we're back on a low, obviously I'd rather them cancel ( J2 ) then us lose our money

[Bobbisox1]

Hi ILM, Mr B is as fit as a fiddle but he'll also be an 80 yr old fiddle next year which is why we would like to pack in as much as we can

[woofgang]

Oooo noooooo I am agreeing with TTT. The end of the world as we know it is nigh.....

[iluvmargie]

Lol TTT seems to have more 'fans' since he came back from the slammer.

[Bobbisox1]

I've always liked TTT :0)

[marval]

The people opposite us took their caravan to France, a few days ago. Hope they get back, their daughter is due back at school in two weeks. I personally would have waited until I was certain all would be OK.

[iluvmargie]

^ Me too.

[gulliver1]

\Why are the Brits dashing to escape from UK ? . Are they that desperate to Escape from Toryism for a few weeks or having their last Mediterranean holiday before Brexit really kicks in? next year.

[Baldric]

OK, lets have a look at this, you paddle your lilo from France, you bypass Dover and paddle up the coast past St Margaret's, Deal then into the Estuary for Sandwich Bay, probably putting an extra 10 miles
or so one your journey, and of course you get the pesky Sandwich Bay
Security people chasing you to sell you a £75 annual pass.

[Bobbisox1]

Same as you I'd thing Gulliver, as a point of interest,why did yo " leave" the UK:0))))

[Bobbisox1]

// think///

[gulliver1]

The UK has had it's hottest summer for years , wall to wall sunshine , and still the Brits try to escape to the E/U Countries for their Holidays. What more could a True Brit wish for, than a couple of weeks at Blackpool, Rhyl , Weston Super , Clacton , or Whitley Bay, even Butlins. Better get used to it.

[Peter Pedant]

I agree TTT

hi sweetie - good day so far ?

re clamping down quarantine isnt exactly unconceivable

My first q if I went on Holiday abroad would NOT be
can you buy petrol in France ( yes actually)
but - - will they let me back ? ( no probably )
therefore dont go
BUT
the companies may well be saying - if you dont turn up - you will lose everything

[dannyk13]

Gulliver//The UK has had it's hottest summer for years , wall to wall sunshine ,//
Only in the south, here in the north there has been very little sun.

[mushroom25]

// What more could a True Brit wish for, than a couple of weeks at Blackpool, Rhyl , Weston Super , Clacton , or Whitley Bay, even Butlins. //

some people do holiday in the UK and have for years, and had expected an opportunity to do the same this year. sadly the UK accommodation operators have cottoned on to this years mad dash for staycations, and are cancelling previously made bookings in favour of higher priced new ones.

Why are the Brits dashing to escape from UK ? partly because the homegrown holiday operators are a bunch of rip-off merchants.

[Peter Pedant]

// OK, lets have a look at this,//

yeah foo - if they dont let you back in
you go ( er walk ) to the calais sand pit or whatever it si called
and come back on a inflatable
extra cost of course
looking dark and speaking a bit od arabic ( aiwa - shukran) a help

[jazzyjen]

I’ll tell you why I can’t wait to go abroad.
It’s because I have a holiday home in Spain that has lain empty since 2019. I am anxious to get back to air out the property, ensure it has not been taken over by squatters, vandalised or damaged by earthquake or rainstorms etc. Keen to sweep out any dead (or live)! cockroaches, ants etc and dispose of “long life” food items that we keep in storage to provide a “just arrived meal”.