Tobermory Harbour closed

[Aja]

I see Charlie boy has escaped to his second home in the Highlands. He could have isolated nearer home.

 

[gordmac]

Say we have 100 motorhomes "self isolating" in a rural area, that is 100 toilets needing emptied every few days. Whare are they doing that? Where will they get water? Crazy idea even without an infection risk.

 

[steve yates]

When the government bans non essential travel, which I expect it will soon if things keep going the way it has in other countries.
Your Point is made.
until then unilateral action by individual communities is not helpful. Just a knee jerk provoked by fear.

Ummmm... you really really need to read this , its the governments instructions to the public. I put the bold in the essential travel bit to make it obvious

"
Who this guidance is for

This guidance is for people planning to visit second homes or holiday premises during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.


Essential travel does not include visits to second homes, camp sites, caravan parks or similar, whether for isolation purposes or holidays. People should remain in their primary residence. Not taking these steps puts additional pressure on communities and services that are already at risk."

Here is the full government document COVID-19 essential travel guidance published 3 DAYS ago, on the 22nd March.

 

[NormanS]

Evidently didn't apply to Charles and his wife.

 

[Praxinoscope]

I'm normally fairly supportive of the monarchy, but I do feel Prince Charles should be setting an example and staying in his main residence Highgrove, not scuttling off to the Highlands.
It also seems incongruous that he and Camilla can be tested for Covid19 on the NHS when it appears that many NHS workers have not. He could easily have opted for private testing.

 

[newtothis]

I'm normally fairly supportive of the monarchy, but I do feel Prince Charles should be setting an example and staying in his main residence Highgrove, not scuttling off to the Highlands.
It also seems incongruous that he and Camilla can be tested for Covid19 on the NHS when it appears that many NHS workers have not. He could easily have opted for private testing.

I'm normally fairly non-supportive of the monarchy, but if you're going to have a lucky sperm system of government, then you have to accept the balding chap with the big ears is going to be king at some point in the next decade. That will make him head of state. There are plenty of rules that apply to a head of state that don't appear to the rest of us and vice versa. I don't get a personal protection officer, despite living in SE London, where I arguably need one more than him.
But I accept the optics aren't good, but no worse than his mother skipping town when her parents won hearts and minds by sticking it out during the Blitz.

 

[JumbleDuck]

"Essential travel does not include visits to second homes, camp sites, caravan parks or similar, whether for isolation purposes or holidays. People should remain in their primary residence. Not taking these steps puts additional pressure on communities and services that are already at risk."

Our second home is in the middle of Edinburgh. We thought of weathering the storm there, but the country seemed more fun.

 

[JumbleDuck]

But I accept the optics aren't good, but no worse than his mother skipping town when her parents won hearts and minds by sticking it out during the Blitz.

Well worth a read:

 

[Aja]

I see Charlie boy has escaped to his second home in the Highlands. He could have isolated nearer home.

News just in - certainly in Scotland, is that Charlie boy was showing symptoms before he came north to Balmoral. As a 'Senior' member and I use the word member advisedly he should know better.