I was out for my daily exercise! Not impressed but I still trust the scottish government to be doing what they believe is right for the right reasons ( for the general public) and to be data driven not politically driven
Although having said that my guess its so they can ease things a lot for xmas which is a political decision and not one I agree with. xmas week is just another week to me
I am like the previous poster - just fed up with not being able to get away from the city. Its times like this I wished I lived up north!
I believe they are keeping everyone in to drive the numbers down to slow the spread over christmas. WHile you're stuck in Edinburgh TJ, in Penicuik i can see the Pentlands out of one window (which i ride in) and the road to peebles out the other. I'm behaving myself and not going to GT / Inners etc but i see a constant stream of bikes heading up and down the road.
Same, so fed up of being stuck in Edinburgh! I guess relaxing measures to allow drinking two weeks before Christmas would be asking for trouble, but still... I'd convinced myself I'd be biking in the tweed valley at the weekend, I'd even booked a day off next week 🙁
I appreciate it's London, but it really is quite staggering that this kind of thing is allowed, and will be replicated in Glasgow and Edinburgh this weekend, yet the 5 mile travel rule for exercise remains in place.
Its times like this I wished I lived up north!
I've been looking at houses in Peebles and showing them to the mrs on a daily basis!
I’d even booked a day off next week
Not that one could ever condone such an action, but you'll find that Tweed Valley riding is very quiet mid-week
Just cancelled our couple of nights in St Andrews for the boy’s 18th. First world problem but a bit of a bummer. Hey ho 😕
I can't say I'm fed up of being stuck in Edinburgh. What a place to be stuck! I can ride my mountain bike, properly, from the door step. There's miles and miles of stuff fit for a gravel bike. There's the seaside. There's masses of green space. There's a bloody mini mountain in the middle of it. In some ways it's made me love the place more.
Aye, I'll be pointing out this thread next time someone asks where to move in Scotland, and aw the salt n saucers claim it's the greatest, only to the moan how shite it is when they canny get to the tweed valley 😆😆😆
It is - but I'd like to leave it occasionally
Higher and advanced higher exams cancelled.
Not a surprise given the amount of students that have had to self isolate.
No beer
I cannot live on a diet of michelin starred food for ever. sometimes you just need a pie!
I cannot live on a diet of michelin starred food for ever. sometimes you just need a pie!
It's not much of an endorsement, Dalry in Ayrshire has more Michelin stars per capita than Edinburgh, and it's a tip 😆
I'd say TJ has 2 within 500m or so of his gaff though.
less than 500m 🙂 Yum!
I’d optimistically cleared space in my diary to go ski touring tomorrow. Balls. Oh well. And then I look at FB and marvel at all the lively trip reports and photos from Edinburgh people on Cairngorm at the weekend.
Totally farce - of course there would be *reasons*.
Edinburgh has 70 cases per 100,000 and there's 500,000 folk in the city - that means there's 350 infected people, and maybe half are isolated in one way or another?
I'm going back to doing what I want. Which to be fair isn't particularly dangerous so I'm a nae neebs loner who spends my time up a hill, but I will now be firing up the camper.
I had to go somewhere for work a couple of weeks back and to avoid hotels took the van. Getting a campsite to let me book wasn’t easy !
Edinburgh has 70 cases per 100,000 and there’s 500,000 folk in the city – that means there’s 350 infected people,
Surely that's 350 folk who have tested positive?
Yip, exactly Scotroutes.
Going by that logic, there's 100 folk tested positive in the whole of South Ayrshire, so I can just darn well do as I please.
I understand the temptation to say " sod it" but please don't. I know of one outbreak in Edinburgh with at least 15 people infected almost certainly more by now.
sorry - that sounds rather preachy but its rather brought it home to me how one person can affact so many - those effected by this will number into hundreds
People queuing outside Debenhams on Argyll street before 6am this morning
Traffic backed up on to the M77 because of people flocking to the Silverburn shopping mall.
Sorry, but I'm going to ride my bike alone tomorrow and I'll be more than 5 miles outside my local authority.
Border raiding it seems too.
Meh, I'll stick to the shire.
It is rather scary considering that most of us are unlikely to be offered vaccinations before Easter. I expect a major lockdown late January, though hope I am wrong..
People seem to think we are somehow ‘coming out if this’, but realistically, nothing much has changed with the virus and protection in 6 months surely ?
Coming out?
Can't see a major lockdown, it'll be as we've been for the last couple of months, in and out of the various tiers, a balance that keeps the economy going(ish).
Once all (or all of those sensible enough to accept it) over 50s are vaccinated, deaths and hospitalisations are expected to drop by 99%. Once that happens, the pressure drops significantly.
I'm an optimist though, fwiw.
Nobeer, probs yes, and as we’ve discussed before it is likely to bounce between levels 3 and 4 for us till the vaccination is prominent in the central belt I reckon.
That said, I think that after the Crimbo relaxation folks will feel that a tightening in January is much the same as a full lockdown.
I’ll just go ride Whitelee with my designer mongrel in tow so I’m sorted 😁
It’s going to drag on I fear, in terms of the vaccination process. The gov (UK) will make an arse of it and then there’s brexit too.
I know of one outbreak in Edinburgh with at least 15 people infected almost certainly more by now.
Playing the devil's advocate here, I'm willing to bet that it had nothing to do with someone leaving their region to go up a hill on their own.
I'd agree spin.
The anecdotal evidence is that the three main outreaks I know of in Dunblane were all related to folk who travelled abroad and returned to work/school/life without isolating.
The main outbreak at my son's halls of residence was caused by a partying lad who kept going to city centre pubs, then when he tested positive went to the halls party with new gf, leading to multiple cases there.
It's pubs, parties and travelling that seems to be the main route of spreading...
Seen quite a few folks all dressed for a holiday heading into the airport on my way to work yesterday.
WTAF.
^^^ we know a few families who have had to cancel Christmas breaks in Argyll and Highlands as they are based in central belt L3.....so are now going to Canaries and the like.. 🙄
It's difficult to believe people are still going on trips abroad. They'll be quick to moan when the safe travel status changes while they're away.
^^^ having spoken with them they are fully prepared to self isolate for 10 days on return - kids will miss a week or 2 of school and parents generally WFH so no big deal. I suspect they will go to Tesco and the like as normal...
Will they **** isolate.
My view also nobeer. But it’s not like it’s that killer virus COVID from back in the Spring anymore is it....it’s now a lesser damaging bug and just a bit of cold really innit.. 🙄
All change again, maybe having to work Christmas day isn't so bad after all!
Quick question for the parents of the thread if I may. Are you sending kids to school for the next 3 days? Good for them to be at school, with friends etc vs teachers fears over contact tracing and risk of more spread.
School finished on Friday here in West Lothian, not sure about anywhere else. Thank god we got a Switch for mini-punks xmas otherwise the next 4 weeks would have been a living nightmare (as long as it works)
Stirling (and others) still supposed to be at school until Wednesday.
13 year old daughter will (for a change) want to go to school for the next couple of days to see her friends (been isolating since thursday which is a lifetime at that age!).
Good call from ScotGov, try and get ahead of the game this time, it'll be really interesting to see where they go with the cross border travel and enforcement.
The 5 days was a bonkers idea in the first place.
We have been looking at ways to ensure that we have the capacity to offer online learning. The hybrid with 50% in and 50% out is very difficult.
However, if plans remain as is, we will be retuning straight into an assessment block for N5/H/AH. Everything is up in the air again. For the right reasons though.
Our youngest is in 3rd year and was told yesterday that there will be no teaching next week, they will stay in registration groups to avoid mixing.
We aren’t asking him to go to school, waste of time and resource. He can help me look after the pup 😁
