To remind those living in tourist areas not to assume people aren't local!

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, but spent my whole adult life living in Scotland.

I'm now back in my hometown, armed with a mild Scottish accent I accidentally picked up after 18 years living there . Went for a walk in a popular tourist area today, a 10 minute drive from my home, with my DC. I heard two sets of people grumble about people travelling to come to the Dales after they heard me chatting to the DC. There were also a few posts on local Facebook groups about our-of-towners - I may be paranoid but one said "One family came from as far as Scotland!" - so possibly referring to me!

I've also seen it on another thread too someone saying that people from the Midlands were in Devon this week. No mention of how they knew where they came from

Unless you actually ask them and they confirm they aren't locals, please don't assume. Some people do move to new places! And while I'm at it I don't actually think local areas "belong" to local people any more than they belong anyone else and I'm a bit when locals grumble about tourists.

Also I managed to snap a picture of a couple who grumbled at me. Bastards

[PhoneLock]

Wrong thread!

[1forsorrow]

I was amazed when we were out yesterday to see a seaside rock and buckets and spades shop open. Not sure how they justified that. Car parks open, loos open, plenty of take aways. South Devon seems to be open.

[PhoneLock]

And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him
Bill or George any damn thing but Pongo

[Becca19962014]

It's what's happening.

[cologne4711]

no I'm saying if stopped in my county and your reasons fir driving are to give blood you will be turned around, there is no hub in this county

There is nothing here I can see that says you are confined to the hub in your county.

www.welsh-blood.org.uk/

If I were going to give blood (I did during the early part of lockdown, but in Englanbd) I would simply tell the police I was going to carry on and if they told me to turn round I'd tell them to issue the fine and I'd get it overturned later.

What you are saying about needing proof to go to vulnerable person is nonsense too.

[Subidoo]

My daughter posted a picture of herself on Instagram of her daily walk in Wales, where she has lived for the past three years. Someone commented telling her to go home and not come out for a day trip, she privately messaged him saying she was 'local' and to wind his neck in, unsurprisingly he didn't have anything else to say 😊

[OrangeSamphire]

oh by the way where do you all go for your holidays?

We've cancelled our planned visit to SW France to stay with family, and also our trip to Center Parcs.

Typically in a year we'd do both of those things, and take advantage of sunny weekends outside the crazy July/Aug period to take the tent or the camper to other places in Cornwall.

We don't usually travel by plane anywhere, or holiday elsewhere in the UK.

[Becca19962014]

No holidays, or for that matter necessary medical treatment either. As I'm extremely limited by how far I can go.

Nor do I usually have issues with tourists. We can barely cope with local demand for food/medication - some items no longer being available, we aren't ready for visitors who can only buy food or medication here.

[Becca19962014]

aesop no I'm saying if stopped in my county and your reasons fir driving are to give blood you will be turned around, there is no hub in this county.

Look don't know if what the local police are doing is legal or not, certainly from my experience it is not. Just saying what they are.

The blood donation service is devolved as ALL healthcare is in Wales. Whether they choose to accept volunteers from England or not that's up to them, same way as any business can employ people from England.

[OrangeSamphire]

Beaches in our village busy today but really heartening to see people being sensible, keeping to family groups and social distancing. Sure 95% of visitors were all pretty local too.

I was disappointed to see two young men pissing up against a friend of mine's garden wall in the country park though, after they realised the loos were locked.

As for not liking tourists. Well, there's always a few who don't. For the most part though, I'm not sure why anyone would dislike tourists themselves. Or tourism, to an extent, because it can help local history and culture remain active and funded. Many many examples of that I can think of down here in Cornwall.

Over-tourism on the other hand, is unfortunately and pretty unlikeable. We're teetering into that territory in Cornwall now, so it needs to be managed with care for everyone's benefit.

[ITonyah]

Yes,.not planning a holiday this summer. I can't see how it would be anything other than stressful and depressing to be honest, unless things improve hugely. Definitely a staycation.

[MarieQueenofScots]

All these people that don't like tourists, it must be really horrible living somewhere that others like visit

Not at all, haven’t had an issue in the 12 years I’ve lived here.

oh by the way where do you all go for your holidays?

Well currently (which is what is in discussion) nowhere, I don’t think it’s fair on the locals.

[ITonyah]

Who doesn't like tourists?

Honestly, what is hard to understand about not wanting tourists YET?

[trappedsincesundaymorn]

All these people that don't like tourists, it must be really horrible living somewhere that others like visit....oh by the way where do you all go for your holidays?

[Aesopfable]

Giving blood is only possible at the hub in your county - ours doesn't have one so its not allowed here either

So are you suggesting that while Wales refuse entry to people from England, they are happy to accept them volunteering their time and putting themselves at risk in order to donate blood to be sent to Wales?

[Aesopfable]

Becca I was referring to the actual legislation that is in place in Wales and what it says. The legislation is all the police are allowed to enforce - not 'guidance'.

[ToffeeYoghurt]

How did they know it wasn't a local baby?
They're DNA testing nappies now
They gotta check. Local shit only allowed on local beaches...

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

On a fan page for a local (and very large) beauty spot today they have shamed people for littering including with a dirty nappy - fair enough, that's gross. But they've also vented their disgust because somebody played with some stones and built a sand castle. FFS

[Becca19962014]

aesop I was using the list published by my local police.

You can't travel to exercise, that's been specifically mentioned as not essential travel here. Giving blood is only possible at the hub in your county - ours doesn't have one so its not allowed here either.

Funerals are strictly limited, I think it's five people, immediate and local family only. So for example when someone I was mentoring ended their life mid March there was no one at his funeral as he was a student and his family all too far away to be allowed to get here - they have incidentally complained about that.

Travel to work and assisting vulnerable requires proof, because people have been caught claiming people are vulnerable who are not on the database. Which is awful if you're struggling and not on the database of course.

I assume the part about escaping harm is missed off delibrately, as they've other posts regarding that, though yes of course that's possible.

I can't see how anyone could move as all removal firms are still closed, as are estate and letting agents here, and all banks to personal customers under any circumstances, you can do virtual viewings of course but I wouldn't trust them having seen what my letting agent did to the virtual viewing of a flat in my building - heavily manipulated to say the least!

So yes, my apologies for using their list and missing things off.

[Allergictoironing]

I'd say that sign is racist.

How can it be "racist"? It's trying to prevent anyone who doesn't live in that particular village from entering, no reference to "no blacks, no Jews, no Irish" or "Brits only" for example.

Unless of course that village is occupied by some strange race different to everyone else in the UK including the nearby towns and villages...

[OldEvilOwl]

A friend of mine lives in a seaside town in North Wales. She has had people taking photos of her and her kids walking on the beach more than once!

[BacklashStarts]

A lot of people seem to forget that that bit of wilderness on their doorstep is also on the doorstep of hundreds of thousands of other people. People who, with gyms, swimming pools, churches and shopping centres shut, have fuck all to do and have unsurprisingly had the same idea as the person complaining about them and gone for a walk.

If they’re that bothered then they should stay in and drive down numbers themselves.

Yanbu.

[ITonyah]

Yes its really weird that people are driving to the coast then moaning there are no loos or pubs open!! Do they not watch the news ever?

[ITonyah]

Our village put similar signs up, not as aggressive. I was not happy about it. They all ran in the rain and now they just look demented.

[Aesopfable]

I'm in Wales by the way where it's still illegal to travel for anything other than food or medication or medical care.

There are a whole range of other reasons that also constitute a ‘reasonable excuse to leave the place they are living’ not just to obtain food, medication or medical care including; exercise, to attend a funeral, to give blood, to escape harm, to move house where necessary, to travel (only mention of the word ‘travel’) to work, to provide assistance to vulnerable people...