@Dullardmullard
How are you coping in lockdown?
Have there been any rules changed in the compound as in comings and goings for essentials?
Or have you decided to bail and come back to the UK.
Yes I know this is an old thread but relevant with what is happening in the world too.
Hi! I came back to the UK last March for one week.... lockdown happened, KSA closed their borders, so after 4 months of not knowing when KSA would be open again, I made the choice to stay in the UK for now. DH is back out there doing his job, ds started and settled well into reception in Sept 2020 (the reason why we decided to stay).
Saudi had a very strict lockdown - nothing but supermarkets and pharmacies open, no travelling out of disctrict, harsh curfews - at their worst, only allowed out of home between 9am and 3pm!!, with the borders closed only repat flights were allowed to leave, only nationals allowed to enter, and it has managed the virus quite well. Their figures are low, and the vaccine rollout is going well - DH has already had both his jabs out there.
I did wish I was back there a few times during lockdown 1 and 2 - I felt a bit lost and stressed here, with no home of my own etc. But it's OK now, ds and I are pretty settled, there are new babies in my family due soon, so I get to be here for that etc. DH will be back for good after a couple of years, but as soon as some sort of normality returns with the flights, we can start to travel back and forth in the holidays etc. It'll be fine.