UK to close ALL travel corridors from Monday

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• Craig says:

  15 Jan15 January 17:36

  Just finished my second week volunteering on the vaccine front. Lots of care home staff and military this week with most of the rest of the over 80s. It’s been challenging, the snow yesterday made things really tough, split thumbs and sore feet I can cope with to see the look on peoples faces after the jab. Back to the day job tomorrow for a rest then the same again next week. Steadily building up the group of volunteers so we aren’t doing more than 6 hours a week each. So as far as I’m concerned this is a positive step that combined with vaccination and national restrictions should make a real difference soon.

  • Andrew says:

    15 Jan15 January 17:40

    Yes, it does seem like we’re turning the tide now, with staying home and an excellent vaccination rate.

  • YC says:

    15 Jan15 January 17:41

    How do you sign up to volunteer?

  • Lyn says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:09

    Well done Craig, and thank you!

    • ankomonkey says:

      16 Jan16 January 15:13

      Well done Craig and Tracey 🙂 I hope you both win a pair of the double-monk shoes in return for your efforts.

  • Mike says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:13

    Craig – thank you for your efforts. I took my 91 year old father for his first jab at a chemist in Macclesfield ( 50 mile drive) it was amazingly well organised due to support from volunteers

    • James Vickers says:

      15 Jan15 January 19:38

      I agree with that is very well organised and committed effort. I was worried about having the vaccine but they put me at ease and only had the usual jab side effects

  • Cat says:

    16 Jan16 January 02:08

    Craig – you rock!
    Thank you.

    • Yuff says:

      16 Jan16 January 12:26

      +1

• Oli says:

  15 Jan15 January 17:39

  There are quite a bit of countries (in Africa etc) for which test for release can’t be used, not just South Africa and Portugal. See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-measures-to-protect-the-uk-from-variant-strains-of-covid-19#travel-bans-to-the-uk—banned-countries

  • Oli says:

    15 Jan15 January 17:40

    not just Portugal and South America I meant.

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  15 Jan15 January 17:46

  As a reminder, test to release doesn’t apply in Scotland. My 10 days up at 10:15pm tomorrow!

  • Rob says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:00

    Updated, thanks

    • Craig says:

      15 Jan15 January 20:46

      It doesn’t apply in Wales or Northern Ireland either, it’s always been England only.

• Shaz says:

  15 Jan15 January 17:48

  But you can still travel for work on a weekly basis and not be required to quarantine or have a negative test result?

  • Rob says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:00

    You’ll need to wait for the small print. I expect you will be OK.

• yorkieflyer says:

  15 Jan15 January 18:05

  B***er, that wrecks my RTW ticket to South Georgia, Antarctic, Micronesia and Diego Garcia

  • Craig says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:56

    Flown over the first, landed at the second and stayed overnight at the fourth. You’re not missing much!

    • Andrew M says:

      15 Jan15 January 19:03

      Overnight on Diego Garcia? That’s quite an achievement! You weren’t subjected to extraordinary rendition to black site by the CIA were you?

      • Craig says:

        15 Jan15 January 19:49

        Fortunately not, I do remember a piece of paper explaining all the excruciating ways to die if you went swimming.

        • Andrew M says:

          15 Jan15 January 20:03

          How did you get in? Government or military business? That’s the only way AFIK.

    • Craig says:

      15 Jan15 January 20:55

      I was in the RAF, took a C130 in.

      • Andrew M says:

        15 Jan15 January 21:27

        OK, impressive!

    • Chris Heyes says:

      15 Jan15 January 22:40

      Craig I’m impressed studied Diego Garcia in my youth, How the British Government’s stitched the population up Threatening, killing their animals, and finally deporting them temporally (but was deceit never to allow them back) Because the Americans wanted a Military Base there. Kept up with it. Has successive Government’s have denied them right of return, even though the islanders have won every court battle
      The latest Government excuse is the island is sinking so it would be to dangerous lol
      I CAN IMAGINE1000s of Americans floundering in sea lol

      • Colin MacKinnon says:

        15 Jan15 January 22:48

        Read about the Highland Clearances and see what Scots did to their own folk! Let alone what governments do to others.
        And the promises of land to soldiers, like my grandfather, in return for fighting in WW1.

• James says:

  15 Jan15 January 21:15

  Only 12 months too late

• NigelthePensioner says:

  15 Jan15 January 21:25

  Covid: UK to close all travel corridors from Monday
  Published1 hour ago

  About damn time too!!!! Its only taken many emails and the realisation that this was a complete farce in the face of intelligence from the front line. What idiots would allow people to mix with international tourists and return to the UK unchallanged?? Politicians, that’s who; and maybe others with financial agendas.
  Anyway, now its sorted, but this should have come in from before the Xmas / New Year “fun in the sun” fortnight.
  I hope not too many of our Gang suffer as a result……..

  • Yorkieflyer says:

    15 Jan15 January 23:10

    Err it’s already rampant here? Perhaps closing the stable door after the horse has bolted???

• Jan M says:

  15 Jan15 January 23:05

  Whatever the merits of ending the travel corridor scheme, I’m pleased to see that they will be removing business executives from the exempted professions category at the same time.

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