Holidays abroad illegal from Monday 23rd March

Sorry, I meant cottages too.

I can see why these types of holidays work well in terms of keeping people apart.

We have bitten the bullet and booked two short breaks (2 nights & 3 nights) one in Dorset and one in Norfolk. We have chosen small hotels in large grounds with established restaurants.

We are now resigned to spending another year confined in the UK, I appreciate the reasons but it is heartbreaking. Thank goodness for Zoom...

I rebooked flights to June this year from last year's cancelled trip to Seville just as lockdown began. So I will be cancelling those now plus the rebooked hotel and rescheduling all that to heaven knows when! |To be expected under the circumstances I guess. In the meantime have cautiously booked 5 days in self contained cottage in Wales in July with overnight hotel stops in Bath on outward and return journeys so keeping fingers crossed that we can at least explore some of the British Isles in the summer.

Commiserations to those who have family abroad who they can't get to see.

news.sky.com/story/covid-19-boris-johnson-cant-rule-out-tougher-measure-on-cross-channel-travel-12255515

Just seen this..

just as well i don't go anywhere; last holiday was bank hol weekend 15 years ago. in UK.
i know someone who says it is ok to go to dublin, from uk, next week, staying there a month.
i said what about travel restrictions; answer, it's ok, common travel area ? so i suppose that means it's like one entity, britain and ireland.
but i thought english are not meant to go to scotland. ?
and someone was arrested for driving into wales for a haircut, although he was speeding coming back, and on speed, drugs, so not sure of all the charges.

wellbeck Dublin arrivals need a negative PCR test, passenger locator form and 14 day quarantine.

i think they have got all that covered, was also away for a month there dec-jan.

they can quarantine in private houses though, can't they, not like the airport hotels here.
not sure about the test, guess they know how to do that.
i don't like to ask too many questions.

I would be happy to be allowed to travel to West Wales to see my in laws.

Me too. My DF has been very ill for nearly 3 years and I haven't seen him for over a year. He is cared for by my DM, also not too well and I am worried sick about them both. I just wish Wales and England would have a short period when they were *both& out of lockdown.