Scheduled to be off to Torremolinos on Thursday, im fully vaxed (last dose early May so well clear) and PCR test booked Wednesday morning (although seems like i wouldn't actually need to present this due to current rules around vaxed persons)

So why am i bloody paranoid about testing positive?

Having been a (admittedly non-medical) essential worker, ive been working pretty much solidly throughout COVID (Fair consideration to those who've been financially shafted by it all), often not seeing anyone outside of delivery drivers for months so im bloody desperate for this break.

Anyone else felt something similar

And we all went down’t torremolinos… beware of any ladies from Halifax

not sure if its exactly similar, but I have anxiety about returning to the office environment in Sept (when we're planning to phase back to that). Cant put my finger on it. try to not worry, and take it as it comes. Enjoy the time off whether you get there or not, things could be a lot worse eh

Don't worry about being scared, worried or anxious about anything. It's the only instinct that has kept the human race alive.

On the test situation. You can get a positive result by testing it on Carling or Diet Coke. It's a lottery.

Tests are free over here and you can take as many as you want from the chemist, so people are testing them on all sorts to prove they're not reliable.

Zlatan wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:12 pm

not sure if its exactly similar, but I have anxiety about returning to the office environment in Sept (when we're planning to phase back to that). Cant put my finger on it. try to not worry, and take it as it comes. Enjoy the time off whether you get there or not, things could be a lot worse eh

Ha, im posting from the office if that helps. Commutes a ballache but once in the office i do prefer it

Hibsclaret wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:10 pm

And we all went down’t torremolinos… beware of any ladies from Halifax

Too old fer the club 18-30 Muttley, don't worry

I want to go on holiday to relax. Pre booking things, taking tests and wearing masks on planes don't fall into the relaxation category for me. That's why I'm not bothering going abroad. I just don't think holidaying abroad in the middle of a pandemic is really that necessary.

Boss Hogg wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:51 pm

I want to go on holiday to relax. Pre booking things, taking tests and wearing masks on planes don't fall into the relaxation category for me. That's why I'm not bothering going abroad. I just don't think holidaying abroad in the middle of a pandemic is really that necessary.

Spot on.

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:38 am

Scheduled to be off to Torremolinos on Thursday, im fully vaxed (last dose early May so well clear) and PCR test booked Wednesday morning (although seems like i wouldn't actually need to present this due to current rules around vaxed persons)

Did anyone else read 'fully WAXED'?

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:38 am

Fair consideration to those who've been financially shafted by it all

A nice sentiment I wish I’d have heard more of this last 15 months.
It’ll be worth it , have a great holiday

Boss Hogg wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:51 pm

I want to go on holiday to relax. Pre booking things, taking tests and wearing masks on planes don't fall into the relaxation category for me. That's why I'm not bothering going abroad. I just don't think holidaying abroad in the middle of a pandemic is really that necessary.

I'll agree to disagree, and as soon as im checked in to my hotel, i'll be happy as larry.

StuffyClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:02 pm

Did anyone else read 'fully WAXED'?

Sincere apologies for that particular mental image

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:25 pm

A nice sentiment I wish I’d have heard more of this last 15 months.
It’ll be worth it , have a great holiday

Cheers!

Happy to say I made it without issue (although if you do go away atm, allow a good hour extra as check in with the new document checks takes a lot longer).

Now happily relaxing after a busy first full day where I maybe over exerted myself ha

Biggest thing today is wondering where to go for tonight's big matches.

Any tips in Torremolinos?

Looked at a cruise the other day. It was a 3 night mini cruise called, 'A Taste of Scotland '.

I then checked the itinerary.

Leave Newcastle.
At sea.
Arrive Newcastle.

Must be a taste of the sea water!

Boss Hogg wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:51 pm

I want to go on holiday to relax. Pre booking things, taking tests and wearing masks on planes don't fall into the relaxation category for me. That's why I'm not bothering going abroad. I just don't think holidaying abroad in the middle of a pandemic is really that necessary.

It’s bonkers in my opinion, it’s anything but relaxation even when you have passed everything you have to make sure you stay positive throughout & then all the rigmarole coming back, swimming in the Amazon with a bleeding finger amongst shoals of hungry piranhas represents the same sort of relaxation for me.

Jakubclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:06 am

It’s bonkers in my opinion, it’s anything but relaxation even when you have passed everything you have to make sure you stay positive throughout & then all the rigmarole coming back, swimming in the Amazon with a bleeding finger amongst shoals of hungry piranhas represents the same sort of relaxation for me.

Far from my experience, although tbf I was going to and from Europe, but I followed the guidance, printed off and had electronic version of the required paperwork, and did as I was told, and it's all good.

You have to wear a mask round the hotel, but I'd have to do that at work anyway so it's no skin off my nose

We have booked a friend's villa in Crete for august. It has aircon and a small pool. The villa is up in the mountains away from it all, but there's a couple of tavs in the local village in less than 15 minutes walking distance. I don't intend doing much else, apart from driving down to the beach in the cooler parts of the day for a good swim and a bit of snorkeling.

I'll put up with the airport hassle just to get away from the UK for a couple of weeks. Not only that, but I feel like I'm currently trapped on an island prison at the moment.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:02 am

Looked at a cruise the other day. It was a 3 night mini cruise called, 'A Taste of Scotland '.

I then checked the itinerary.

Leave Newcastle.
At sea.
Arrive Newcastle.

Must be a taste of the sea water!

You'd be better off on the Knott End ferry

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:14 am

You have to wear a mask round the hotel, but I'd have to do that at work anyway so it's no skin off my nose

And if you find that you are losing skin off your nose, your mask is probably too tight.

Enjoy your holiday!

The beauty about holidays is that you don't have to go if you don't want to
If you don't feel safe, stay at home
If you think it's safe, then go
Having had about 8 holidays cancelled since last March, I Carnt wait to get away... No nerves whatsoever.

No nerves here, just excitement for our Motorhome holiday touring Scotland for 2 weeks at the end of September.

No nerves here either. Feet up at my beach side apartment in Lanzarote.

Stuff covid and the government, I go where I want and when I want.

Enjoy your hol Zizkov. I would also put up with the relatively minor inconvenience of getting there and back if I didn’t have to quarantine upon return, and for those who don’t want to go on holiday you don’t have to. I go on holiday just down the coast from there a couple of times a year usually but unfortunately can’t recommend anywhere for the football in Torremolinos, although I don’t think you’ll struggle to find somewhere.

Where did you book the PCR Tests, please? Anybody got recommendations for this?

basil6345789 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 03, 2021 5:27 pm

Where did you book the PCR Tests, please? Anybody got recommendations for this?

You don't need a PCR test to travel unless the country of entry request it. I travelled to the Canaries and just filled in a entry form on arrival, asked and showed no prove of vaccenes or negative tests.

Staying out here until I can re enter the UK without any of the BS