COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

A "shocking" number of fines have been handed out to people moving from tier three to tier two areas to drink in pubs and bars, a police force said.
North Yorkshire Police said of more than 160 fines handed out in tier-two York over the weekend, most went to people living in tier three areas

I do wish folk would stop and think before rushing in with irrelevant replies to other's posts.

Alan - (a) we are not in Wales and (b) presumably when you were supporting your father in law it was well before the current pandemic.

Just to clarify my earlier post!

The lady in question already has a "support bubble" at home (silly me, not giving full details with my original post! )  so will be going to a different one, therefore not exclusive, and even if not going to a different tier will be travelling outside her local area (as defined by the government's tier 2 regulations) and staying for several nights before returning home.

To be clear my post was one of surprise that an 87 year old, dependent on others collecting prescriptions for her, should be considering travelling in the present circumstances, not a post of condemnation.

Hope that helps with understanding my original post. 

Thanks for clearing that up moulsey. I now completely understand  your surprise that she should want to travel to see her brother at Christmas during a pandemic, especially when they both already have their own support bubbles.

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I believe it's happening here too. I cannot understand folks mentality. I've tried but it hurts my little grey cells. Unbelievable doesn't begin to cover it. Selfish? No self control? No only to pubs but shops etc.

I'm impressed there was sufficient resources to check and issue fines. 

I read landlords, I think Herefordshire, were refusing to serve non locals - no idea how they identified them, some travelling 200 miles for a drink! If they're that desperate buy locally at supermarket, some of our pubs are offering take away service, and drink at home. There's no drinking and driving involved either 😤.

Video call with NZ friend this morning, she lived here for more than 20 years and her twins live here now, can't understand why there's not roadblocks........... She reckons with the world turning it's back on us we're more isolated than they are in the middle of nowhere! Oh to be as COVID free as they are at the moment. They must remain vigilant and I hope their PM will - she has so far. Big issues in Sydney, lots of Oz saying stay there and NZ not allowing the bubble that was on the cards.

Bakers, we heard of shoppers from Rochdale and Manchester coming over to Wales to shop in Primark when the English lockdown was still in force recently and the Welsh one had expired. I've also been told today by a neighbour of some of the villagers disappearing off to Cheshire Oaks Shopping Outlet and to Chester despite the lockdown being in force in Wales at the moment. The Health Minister in Wales admitted that they knew that not everyone would comply with their rules and advice and that they had factored in additional cases but this variant is ripping up the potential caseload data spread sheets.

" can't understand why there's not roadblocks." 

I hope you told her that we have quite a good roadblock at Dover at the moment. It takes the French to show us how to do it.

"She reckons with the world turning it's back on us we're more isolated than they are in the middle of nowhere!"

May not be such a bad thing, taking into account the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic at the moment. Just hope it doesn't go on for too long.

Derbyshire Police issued fines to five people (four different incidents) earlier in the year for breaches of Covid restrictions. Because none of them paid the fines they have been taken back to court and have been given additional fines totalling over £6,500.00. Whether they will pay or not is another question.