UK staycation boom predicted

Just watched FM of Wales announcing self contained holiday accommodation will be open in Wales from 28th.March. 

Until England and Scotland relaxes their rules this will apply only to residents living in Wales.

Have to start getting things ready. Might get away just after Easter to an adults only site.

That’s good news WN. We still don’t have any real dates yet apparently an announcement of easing restrictions is getting made in parliament on Tuesday but I don’t hold out much hope of site opening up before the end of April.

Unfortunately that was the reason I abandoned the idea of our Scotland tour this year Francis as we would have started on 3rd.May and any Tier 3 system would scupper that. I'd much rather have some certainty.

Good luck for you north of the border.

Hope you manage to get away, provided of course that the number of infections don't start creeping up again.

Thanks Nellie.

Bit awkward as MiL has her second jab on the 10th.April. Might go Easter Tuesday until Friday just to get the caravan in shape ( and us) or just leave it until the 11th. before the English descend en masse.

I was speaking to someone who had paid a visit, for essential reasons, to a large dealership in Cheshire. The employee told him that virtually the whole stock of hundreds of Caravans and Motorhomes, new and old, had been sold. New stock was arriving even as they left the premises.

So pitches are almost certainly going to be at a premium.

As an aside I did see a report that every hotel room along the North Wales coast has been booked in August and that a lot of Pubs and Restaurants that can accommodate block bookings have been booked solid for family gatherings or parties.

I am seeing a lot of local folk "stretching" the regulations, in other words breaking them.

"They are only a little pregnant".🤷‍♂️

Dont get too carried away. At todays briefing First Minister said Self Catering "could accept bookings" but local travel restrictions are still in place. The latest news regarding delays in receipt of vaccines have put a spanner in the previous timetable. More news next friday as to way forward.

Quite an uproar going on here at present, all over the local news and papers. Morthoe - Woolacombe Parish Council have said they wont put up with motor homes parking overnight along Woolacombe front. Seems some have been emptying effluent down drains and worse last year. The Parish council have written to the Government to have this sort of thing stopped. They think it will be much worse this year as sites get full and with others just doing it to save money. Personally as it says NO overnight parking I dont understand why they don't just slap a fine on some, but maybe that doesn't work.

Good for them,  Debs. It's a bit like all those cars you see parked at beauty spots during the various lockdowns - get 'em all clamped and whack a big fine on to get them unclamped - they'd soon learn! 

I also went there when it was in private hands Brue. I spent a lot of time in the area when I was young, two cousins my age lived there so similar interests - ponies and boys! We often went down there, the old lady who lived there used to show us around. It always smelt of gas, it was rather tumble down, I think she was a little hard up. A lovely house, now rather pristine and N Trusty but they did save it. They did put some cacti in the entrance, the old lady always had lots of those.