Vacation V Staycation Costs

“Will even cope with crowds, although going for an event so expect to be in the midst of things at least for one day😁”

TOB by any chance?

So do I, that’s why my fingers are crossed!
However,like Christmas even if allowed it doesn’t mean that we necessarily will and booking up two two week rallies is looking a good decision.

We haven't seen the impact of schools re-opening on the figures yet. That and the current trend on the continent make travel overseas highly unlikely IMHO. As we are unlikely to properly monitor our borders, creep age of the continental trend may impact on our movements in the UK as well.

slightly off topic but as family we have

1. daughter teacher in Sutton 1500 pupils no cases

2. 2 children at school in Portsmouth approx 1k pupils no cases

3. 1 child school in E.G, primary no cases

4. 1 child 6th form college Winchester no cases

5. daughter front line nurse Portsmouth no cases, also a vax nurse.

"As we are unlikely to properly monitor our borders, creep age of the continental trend may impact on our movements in the UK as well."

But this is a very good point, and if Germany and Spain strike some sort of deal to allow Germans to flood into Spain for Easter without any real border checks, and considering the state Germany is in at present, only 8% vaccinated and 33k new infections per day, I cant imagine the carnage that will ensue in the UK if we then allow UK nationals to flood into Spain on May the 17th , and lets not talk about France

As posted yesterday, think this quote is a good, UK,  summation;

”We know that universal, restriction-free travel is unlikely from 17 May but under a tiered system, based on risk, international travel can meaningfully restart and build up, with minimal restrictions in time."

Indeed TOB. We haven’t missed one in last nine years. Except for last year of course. That’s some fantastic first day route out of Penzance, and as we know every nook and cranny between Penzance and into St Ives, hoping to get either a good park up spot, or cycle out and up there to get a top of a hill cheering on pitch. Penzance will be a great start point, it dresses its self up lovely for events, and Mounts Bay is simply stunning. Just debating on where to stay now...... it is a debate as the Club Site price is very good value, comparable with many other sites around. (Marazion, not Godrevy).

Keep away from Majorca 

Ps it seems that a local girls school may now be "in trouble" as some pupils have tested positive end of last week against all negative when first tested

Yes we will watching, but in the St Austell area as we will be on a rally at Pentewan.

As you enjoy your cycling then why not a vacation trip to follow the TDF?

Done it twice now and even Jean, who has never ridden a bike, talks about the great time we had with the TGV into Paris to see Cav win the final stage being a real highlight.

It’s on the list A&J. But I am a Carer for Mum, can’t just swan off for weeks like we used to do, and we wouldn’t take our dog overseas either. We had two glorious days of the TdeF coming to us in 2014, one race finish was a couple of miles away, so we cycled down and spent the whole day there amongst hundreds of thousands of others, the tour buses, the big screens, the Gendarmes, the whole razzamatazz. Great fun. Sadly Cav had kissed the tarmac the day before, but it was a climbers day, and Nibali came in alone. We were out on Moors day before, amongst the millions on the route. 
Spent the day in a TOB race car though, part of the caravan that follows the riders around, that started in Cockermouth, then went all over Borders. Bit like being the Queen, you have to wave at the crowds😁

I did another comparison this morning, just for research purposes and the need to do something after waking at silly o'clock, of ferry prices.

The reason being that our friends asked if we will be going to them, in Hampshire,for our usual end of the school year meet up.

This gave me the idea that we could go out from Plymouth but come back to Portsmouth.

The quote was around £20 less, for a morning crossing, but the afternoon crossing would be £208 more.

We would stick with the morning but wonder if some do a quick check of prices and dismiss crossings because they did not look at the options which, as here, could be quite a saving.