neighbour and family travelling to Scotland

[sunshinemaker]

I just want your take on this.
My neighbours has just become a grandparent to a boy in Scotland we live in England. She her hubby her daughter and her grandaughter have just driven to Scotland to see the new baby. And will stay for 5 days she said.
The neighbour does not social distance and has friends over most days. I'm so cross about this. What would you do?

Why exactly are you cross and what do you want to do? I don't understand what you can do?

Nothing just concentrate on your own life, people make their own decisions for a variety of reasons that you are not aware of

Tip the police off with registration plate / details of the car if that's what you are thinking.

Police stopped a family a few weeks ago in on the M6 Cumbria heading to Scotland. Remember lockdown is a little stricter in Scotland than elsewhere.

2m rule is guidance England- law north of the border.

I live in Scotland and my take on it is mind your own business.

Are you cross because we are still in strict lockdown in Scotland and your neighbour is potentially bringing the virus up? Because I would be.
We are only allowed to go within a 5 mile distance here .

You are not supposed to travel like this in Scotland and certainly not go in someone's else house. I'm annoyed as I live here and it's reckless people like that with no regard for the rules that are spreading the virus.

Yeah don't do anything and 'mind your own business' ... ????

No way. Scotland has made the decision (rightly ) to take this pandemic seriously.

Therefore report through police web page .

(I'm not In Scotland. Live in SE England) but do have phd in public health.

A Second spike is coming. Only way to avoid is people like this being stopped in their tracks by people like you.

Where I am (Scotland, near the dreaded Loch Lomond), lockdown is a joke. So many motorbikes, so many day trippers, so much rubbish dropped.... police are not exactly being pro-active.

I’m bot sure that 2 households meeting up, (even indoors, even with the distance) is such an issue. Not likely to increase risks in Central belt, or Ll&T, for example.

Obviously depends where they’re off to!

You seriously begrudge them meeting their grandchild? It's not like they're going for a rave.

I wouldn’t do anything other than congratulate her on the arrival of her new grandson.

I'd mind my own business tbh.

Do you want to be that person?

Mind your own bloody business.

Wrong, wrong wrong. Unless she intends to camp in the garden and use a camping khazii.

If they visit her then the family can follow rules set by England.

Numpties like this will put us back into even more extreme measures.

For her information- Scottish grandparents love their grandchildren too and are only (following guidelines) seeing them in gardens at a social distance and only since last Friday

My very average street in a very average Scottish town has seen lockdown measures pretty much adhered too and I saw many grandchildren reunions last week. But they didn't drive from 100's of miles away .

Off topic, but Saz12 where is LI&T? I am central belt but cannot work it out

Gestapo

Liflfix: LL&T is Loch Lomond & Trossachs (National Park).
Soooo many day trippers, sooo much rubbish, sooo ineffective beuracrats (sorry, Park Authorities).

I’m so glad I no longer live within the Park area!

selfish fuckers. You are not allowed to stay overnight away from home.

this bitch and her family may well be spreading disease. But clearly the law is for other people. With luck their car will break down.

I despair. Why the fuck have we stuck to the laws in Scotland just to gave selfish people crossing the border.
Last I heard it wasn't permitted unless she's checking her eyesight!
I'd love to see my family in the West County, but guess what, I'm not a cunt.

That is total shite. We Ve just become an aunt and have no plans to shlep to Glasgow and won’t be going until we’re all out of the woods.

Fuck sake they’re travelling up here and we are advised not to travel more than 5 miles?

I’d report them. Out of principal. We can’t keep taking the stance of “not my business”

It sure as hell will be when we’re out of work/furloughed/no money on a second lockdown

That is ridiculous.

Local news. Do not travel more than five miles.

But that's ok? No. I would report that.

I was so sorry for the residents of Luss and all the other little villages . I am Stirling and the council has closed many of the roads to LL &T ( can use the initials know What they stand for) so hopefully they are spared the horror of last weekend. Hopefully more traditional Scottish weather prevents the numpties returning.

Would like to say I am surprised how many people are being harsh to OP. But I am not.

But unless the new Gran is not stopping in any service stations. Not going to a loo between her home and a camping khazi in the garden when she arrives. Then staying 2 metres away from new DC on arrival before camping in the garden she should not be going.

Maybe show your love for your new grandchild by not travelling through a part of the country where the R rate is high ?

Scotland has made the decision (rightly ) to take this pandemic seriously.

Scotland has made the decision (rightly ) to take this pandemic seriously
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