Oh I do understand that Teacheanne, and what you say is very helpful. My parents in law live in Stockport and their funerals (hopefully not yet) would be held in Stockport, with family attending from Stockport, Manchester, and Greater Manchester. With my own mother, it’s less clear cut as you say. Some relatives in Warrington, some in rural Cheshire. None in Stockport for her. We are fully vaccinated, and most of the attendees would be too, so I don’t know why I worry. I’ve been getting back to normal myself, meals out etc. And I travelled up to London last week and felt very safe. Hardly anyone on the train or tube. Nonetheless we’ve been asked not to travel into the Greater Manchester area so I feel we shouldn’t at this time, although a visit to my in laws is long overdue, and we had just started to discuss going up to see them when this happened.
Virtual funerals would seem to be the way forward for a while yet probably.