Covid - news and views

Posted on 20/07/2021 10:10 by SteveL

There is little difference now with what is happening with Covid 19 except that we now know more or less daily how many are infected, how many need hospitalisation and how many die.

I would disagree. The transmissibility is higher and this is happening in summer. A time when the health service normally gets a bit of a break.

Posted on 20/07/2021 10:10 by SteveL

There is little difference now with what is happening with Covid 19 except that we now know more or less daily how many are infected, how many need hospitalisation and how many die.

I would disagree. The transmissibility is higher and this is happening in summer. A time when the health service normally gets a bit of a break.

Posted on 20/07/2021 16:55 by ScottyH56

 Hello All

The latest guidance issued by the club has landed in my inbox and I see that beyond a recommendation to wear face coverings everything is more or less back to normal in the toilet blocks.

What still confuses me is that the Club still makes no reference to the subject of ventilation and I wonder if any guidance has been sent to sites on the importance of keeping windows open. I don't mind internal spaces as long as I can feel a bit of airflow but on my last visit to a site when I went to the block at 8.45 am I saw all the windows were closed - I went around opening them myself.  I noticed a cleaner actually closed the only window in the disabled loo. It was 18C and sunny outside so hardly a winter's day. 

Patrick Vallance is constantly on about ventilation. Every pub I go to has windows and doors fully open. It seems very strange that the Club is silent on this and again I wonder if advice has gone out to the sites.

Cheers, Scott (first post!)

Posted on 20/07/2021 16:55 by ScottyH56

 Hello All

The latest guidance issued by the club has landed in my inbox and I see that beyond a recommendation to wear face coverings everything is more or less back to normal in the toilet blocks.

What still confuses me is that the Club still makes no reference to the subject of ventilation and I wonder if any guidance has been sent to sites on the importance of keeping windows open. I don't mind internal spaces as long as I can feel a bit of airflow but on my last visit to a site when I went to the block at 8.45 am I saw all the windows were closed - I went around opening them myself.  I noticed a cleaner actually closed the only window in the disabled loo. It was 18C and sunny outside so hardly a winter's day. 

Patrick Vallance is constantly on about ventilation. Every pub I go to has windows and doors fully open. It seems very strange that the Club is silent on this and again I wonder if advice has gone out to the sites.

Cheers, Scott (first post!)

Posted on 20/07/2021 16:55 by ScottyH56

 Hello All

The latest guidance issued by the club has landed in my inbox and I see that beyond a recommendation to wear face coverings everything is more or less back to normal in the toilet blocks.

What still confuses me is that the Club still makes no reference to the subject of ventilation and I wonder if any guidance has been sent to sites on the importance of keeping windows open. I don't mind internal spaces as long as I can feel a bit of airflow but on my last visit to a site when I went to the block at 8.45 am I saw all the windows were closed - I went around opening them myself.  I noticed a cleaner actually closed the only window in the disabled loo. It was 18C and sunny outside so hardly a winter's day. 

Patrick Vallance is constantly on about ventilation. Every pub I go to has windows and doors fully open. It seems very strange that the Club is silent on this and again I wonder if advice has gone out to the sites.

Cheers, Scott (first post!)

Posted on 20/07/2021 18:51 by Takethedogalong

It’s a very valid point Scotty (and welcome, by the way😁) However, it would be difficult for Site staff to monitor continuously. Visitors will just do whatever suits them with the doors and windows in facility blocks🤷‍♀️ By far the safest situation is to simply use your onboard facilities as much as possible, but I do realise that not all outfits are equipped with a loo and shower. We saw a good few smaller outfits had a toilet tent on their pitch on some of the Sites we stayed at last year.
I’m afraid that the Club can only do so much, it’s up to individuals now if they don’t feel fully safe using on site facilities. I would add that having to clean loo blocks (and more than usual) might be a factor in both Clubs starting to experience staff shortages.  It wouldn’t be for me in a pandemic situation, no matter how decent the wage. 

Posted on 21/07/2021 08:23 by JVB66

I take it that when you spoke to the site staff they did not give a reason for having windows closed? ; and if as you say you saw a cleaner? close the window in the disabled toilet was it a cc site as cleaners are not normally employed?

The doors on the toilet showers on this site are left open after cleaning and inspections, but members it seems close them