When the lockdown ends

collinn replied on 30/04/2020 15:31

Posted on 30/04/2020 15:31

I know Boris does not like to hear this but the lockdown is being pushed by economics,  I live on the edge of Manchester and can see a marked increase in traffic as more people go back to work. More shops and small buisineses have opened and even the bigger food takeaway chains are talking of opening all of them following strict guidelines.  Many shops etc have been open all along. Even talk of football matches being played. 

The club should now be looking at the possibilities of how the sites can be run under strict guidelines.  There is not going to be a magic date when everything returns to normal as there will not be a normal as we used to know but a new normal of which all organisations such as CAMC should be prepared for.  If  any preparations are being made we should know about them and  be given a chance to comment and submit suggestion.  This is not what the club is used to but does what it wants and if it does not listen to its members it will see the membership numbers fall. 

JUST LOOK AT THE MEMBERS COMMENTS AND FOR ONE PUT A COMMENT THERE WILL BE MANY WHO WILL THINK WHY BOTHER AND JUST NOT RENEW MEMBERSHIP.

Colin H

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Rufs replied on 24/05/2020 10:17

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:10 by

David would doubtless have seen family in between travels as many do

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:17

oh! undoubtedly but he was trying to make the point that he had not seen his family since the lock down came into force which i think is somewhat less than the 60+ continuous days he would be away on a somewhat regular basis rather than, what we hope will be a one off event lock down, which dont seem to be a problem for him 

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Posted on 24/05/2020 10:10 by

David would doubtless have seen family in between travels as many do

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Posted on 24/05/2020 10:15 by

Only joking about the  slates although I did have one at home. However inkwells and stick pens didn't  do my LH handwriting any favours but blotting paper and ink (mixed from powder) was great for flicking at the girls.wink

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:23

Come to think about it I had a slate at home as well and had forgotten that. I used to love the taste of the quink ink! 

Trying to even think to a meaningful end to lockdown seems too much of an alien concept after such a lengthy lockdown. I think that for many, not in work and conditioned to lockdown, there will be a degree of reeducation required. 

Rufs replied on 24/05/2020 10:25

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:25

Boris Johnson is set to reopen market stalls, car dealerships and allow garden parties within days, it has been reported.

Britain’s long road back to normality could also see National Trust parks and open-air businesses and events return from next month, the Sun reports.

Some non-essential shops may also reportedly be given the green light to reopen their doors from June.

 
A senior Government source told the paper: “It is clear from the scientific evidence that the rate of infection is much less likely outdoors.

this is what we should be concentrating on, and just maybe it will enable us all to get out in our LV's sooner rather than later, provided the club pulls its finger out of course, or we all revert to CL's or other vendors of camping pitches laughing

young thomas replied on 24/05/2020 10:30

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:30

i agree with Steves post in that these (or similar measures) will,be required to get uk sites back up and running at lower capacity levels.

re: the continental side of things, from memory, Brittany Ferries are loking to open the Western routes to France in mid June and the Spain in July some time.

Spain is deperate to get its tourism businesses back on stream, too and France has already mentioned dates for opening campsites.

while France and the UK are tit-for-tatting over quarantine rules at the moment , down the line they (and germany,Spain, Holland, Belgium) will be agreeing more 'complimentary' regs to allow 'free-er' passage to these near neighbours...

while it will be a personal choice for every traveller, i certsinly see a trip to France in the MH as being perfectly viable in, say, September...

still plenty of time to take that decision in 3-4 months time.

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Posted on 24/05/2020 10:05 by InaD

We've written off any trips to France for this year, initially thought that perhaps September may be possible, and who knows, it may yet be.  We'll be quite happy to stay in the UK this year, plenty of places we haven't seen yet.  I know it's not what you normally do, but if you couldn't go abroad, would you not consider that as an alternative for this year?  Maybe not for the same length of time, but for a few weeks.

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Rufs replied on 24/05/2020 10:38

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:38

while it will be a personal choice for every traveller, i certsinly see a trip to France in the MH as being perfectly viable in, say, September

was not planning anything as i did not expect infection levels to fall quite so rapidly, however, I am still open to a trip thru France down to Spain maybe in September, i still have a return ferry booked during November Caen - Portsmouth that would be good to use.

EmilysDad replied on 24/05/2020 10:39

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:35 by

I am quite fond of Scotland and if we did get the van out that's where I might head but its the weather that puts me off.

Posted on 24/05/2020 10:39

 .... & midges 😉

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Posted on 24/05/2020 10:40

We were due to spend 7 weeks in Scotland from 7th June frown

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