Seastoke
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Found it now thanks.where is the date on the app i cant see that or qr. SS
Found it now thanks.where is the date on the app i cant see that or qr. SS
Doesn’t sound like a very clever thing to do to me? Mix with thousands in Majorca and then mix with thousands at a U.K. boat show? If you are going to spread a pandemic that’s probably the best way to do it!FWIW here's a tip from a boat salesman who I met at the British Motorboat Show on Saturday and who had returned from the Palma boat show earlier in the week. If you've got any reason at all, however tenuous, to claim an exemption from quarantine on the UK passenger locator form, then do so and do not pre pay for the ridiculously expensive 2 + 8 + 5 day tests up front. If you do get interviewed by border control on your return to the UK (not a given) and your claim for exemption gets refused, only then book the tests as required
In case of this salesman, he claimed exemption as a seaman on his return to the UK and did not get interviewed on his return to Gatwick which is why he was standing on a boat at Swanwick on Saturday only a few days after his return from Palma
FWIW here's a tip from a boat salesman who I met at the British Motorboat Show on Saturday and who had returned from the Palma boat show earlier in the week. If you've got any reason at all, however tenuous, to claim an exemption from quarantine on the UK passenger locator form, then do so and do not pre pay for the ridiculously expensive 2 + 8 + 5 day tests up front. If you do get interviewed by border control on your return to the UK (not a given) and your claim for exemption gets refused, only then book the tests as required
In case of this salesman, he claimed exemption as a seaman on his return to the UK and did not get interviewed on his return to Gatwick which is why he was standing on a boat at Swanwick on Saturday only a few days after his return from Palma
Doesn’t sound like a very clever thing to do to me? Mix with thousands in Majorca and then mix with thousands at a U.K. boat show? If you are going to spread a pandemic that’s probably the best way to do it!
FWIW here's a tip from a boat salesman who I met at the British Motorboat Show on Saturday and who had returned from the Palma boat show earlier in the week. If you've got any reason at all, however tenuous, to claim an exemption from quarantine on the UK passenger locator form, then do so and do not pre pay for the ridiculously expensive 2 + 8 + 5 day tests up front. If you do get interviewed by border control on your return to the UK (not a given) and your claim for exemption gets refused, only then book the tests as required
In case of this salesman, he claimed exemption as a seaman on his return to the UK and did not get interviewed on his return to Gatwick which is why he was standing on a boat at Swanwick on Saturday only a few days after his return from Palma
I am afraid many people in the UK seem not to wish to allow people ever go outside again. One has to feel for the utter nonsense of restricting weddings to 30, or , pubs etc etc when football fans are allowed to have street parties or cricket fans allowed to crowd into stadiums. Or what is likely to happen later which may allow bigger weddings but not allow other gatherings. Whole thing is a joke frankly and I think you will find far more common sense in Europe now where they seem to be getting on with it. Just arrived in Romania, showed my vax passport from the NHS and all ok. Very few restrictions left here now and people seem to be acting sensibly. Italy and Greece next week and then back to diseased island for 3 tests and a daily call for 10 days. Joys.I have several responses to that
- He said he had already been double vaccinated and according to the UK govt double vaccinated people are significantly less infectious than unvaccinated people. If that isnt the case then the whole UK vaccine strategy is a waste of resources
- Both the Palma boat show and the British Motorboat show were conducted strictly in accordance with Covid protocol with temperature tests at the gate, social distancing and masks inside boats. As for thousands of people, make that tens of people. By all accounts the Palma show was dead and when we were at the British show on Sat afternoon, I doubt if there were 20 visitors on the pontoons at any one time
- Nobody ever caught Covid outside in the open air
- The salesman did not break any law
Figures quoted in the European press are stating 16k visitors to the Palma boat show over 4 days!I have several responses to that
- He said he had already been double vaccinated and according to the UK govt double vaccinated people are significantly less infectious than unvaccinated people. If that isnt the case then the whole UK vaccine strategy is a waste of resources
- Both the Palma boat show and the British Motorboat show were conducted strictly in accordance with Covid protocol with temperature tests at the gate, social distancing and masks inside boats. As for thousands of people, make that tens of people. By all accounts the Palma show was dead and when we were at the British show on Sat afternoon, I doubt if there were 20 visitors on the pontoons at any one time
- Nobody ever caught Covid outside in the open air
- The salesman did not break any law
Me being one of them. Tickets could only be bought in advance (QR code), and they restricted numbers until it was a one in-one out. On entering there was a temperature test, and you had to activate the track and trace app on your phone, plus the QR codes were checked again on the way out. Personally I thought for an outdoor show on the water it felt safe and well run.Figures quoted in the European press are stating 16k visitors to the Palma boat show over 4 days!
Aha……but was it ZERO risk……Me being one of them. Tickets could only be bought in advance (QR code), and they restricted numbers until it was a one in-one out. On entering there was a temperature test, and you had to activate the track and trace app on your phone, plus the QR codes were checked again on the way out. Personally I thought for an outdoor show on the water it felt safe and well run.
It was ZERO risk of me buying a boat, 2 comp tickets and couple of beers in the sun, very pleasant!Aha……but was it ZERO risk……
Medicspot seems expensive, you can get a better deal from Boots!in addition to medicspot, others have used rtdiagnostics.co.uk. The 2, 5 & 8 day tests are far cheaper, but the fit to fly more expensive.
We used them for our day 2 tests last week. Posted at 16.30 pm on Friday, results on Sunday at 14.30 pm. But there are awful reviews for them on Trustpilot so I wouldn't use them before flying. There seem to be 2 main issues. Whichever company is cheapest on the government list gets inundated with orders then it all goes wrong. Also problems with Royal Mail. 'Results in 24 hours' are from the lab receiving them. If they are posted on a Saturday they don't reach the lab until Monday (Tuesday on Bank Holidays). But now more countries are allowing antigen tests for travel from the UK it is much less of a problem. Apparently they can be bought for as little as £20, though £25 is the cheapest I've found.Medicspot seems expensive, you can get a better deal from Boots!
rtdiagnostics seems good value, for 2+8 tests, has anyone on here successfully used them?
In Romania I just did my Antigen test - an enormous £12. If I asked then to come to the hotel that would have risen to £15. PCR would have been £15 as well. I think fair to say one has to look at these tests in the U.K. as either charity or a tax.We used them for our day 2 tests last week. Posted at 16.30 pm on Friday, results on Sunday at 14.30 pm. But there are awful reviews for them on Trustpilot so I wouldn't use them before flying. There seem to be 2 main issues. Whichever company is cheapest on the government list gets inundated with orders then it all goes wrong. Also problems with Royal Mail. 'Results in 24 hours' are from the lab receiving them. If they are posted on a Saturday they don't reach the lab until Monday (Tuesday on Bank Holidays). But now more countries are allowing antigen tests for travel from the UK it is much less of a problem. Apparently they can be bought for as little as £20, though £25 is the cheapest I've found.
Yes it's still overpriced, but coming down fast. Randox were £120 for a pcr a few weeks ago, then £60, now £43.In Romania I just did my Antigen test - an enormous £12. If I asked then to come to the hotel that would have risen to £15. PCR would have been £15 as well. I think fair to say one has to look at these tests in the U.K. as either charity or a tax.
I am afraid many people in the UK seem not to wish to allow people ever go outside again. One has to feel for the utter nonsense of restricting weddings to 30, or , pubs etc etc when football fans are allowed to have street parties or cricket fans allowed to crowd into stadiums. Or what is likely to happen later which may allow bigger weddings but not allow other gatherings. Whole thing is a joke frankly and I think you will find far more common sense in Europe now where they seem to be getting on with it. Just arrived in Romania, showed my vax passport from the NHS and all ok. Very few restrictions left here now and people seem to be acting sensibly. Italy and Greece next week and then back to diseased island for 3 tests and a daily call for 10 days. Joys.
Riveting daytime tvThere does indeed seem to be a staggering appetite for covid restrictions from much of the UK population. Quite worrying really.