Can I give a perspective from someone who lives just 20 mins from Padstow please?
I'm 70 and DH is 71. Mainly online shopping until 2 weeks ago with the doctor bringing out DH's medication every 3 weeks.
We have seen no-one else until son-in-law visited last Sunday and we chatted outside at a distance. Rest of the family stayed at home,
I am pleased the B&Bs and restaurants are opening up again, mainly because the employment is needed. Unemployment here has soared.
I watch the local news SPOTLIGHT and listened to someone from St Ives a few nights ago. He had opened up his shop but was extremely worried about keeping social distancing. He remarked that it is impossible to walk down the streets without getting very close to someone when you pass them, especially when there's traffic as well, (shoulders touching). Most of the shops, as well as the streets, in places like Padstow are very tiny.
I worry that our R rate could soar when the County gets its usual number of tourists who come from all over the UK. We only have one hospital with a limited number of ICU beds. R rate is currently 0.6 - 0.9. Sounds like have kept yourselves very safe but none of us can predict if someone will bring the virus with them. I suspect, as numbers increase, there is a high probability that more than one person will bring it into the County.
On the positive side the hotels and B&B are doing all they can to keep their guests safe. Pubs+restaurants are only doing table service and many (out into the countryside) have outdoor areas. I've heard of a few employing extra staff to monitor and keep the toilets clean.
If you do decide to come, I hope the weather is better so you can spend as much time as possible outside. Very showery and cold the past week and next week doesn't look much better. Sorry.
So if you do come, stick to the coastal walks with perhaps a walk on a beach like Constantine (close to Padstow). It's too early to say what impact 'opening up' on 4th will do to Cornwall.
I was to celebrate my 70th with 3 days on Isles of Scilly last April.. We've rebooked for next April. My daughter and GD (live near Warrington) are due to stay with us. We are thinking maybe August, before GD goes back to school. As I've said, we should know what impact opening up has had by then.
