Trip to Scotland to see family

[Lockdowners]

We live in England, fairly far south. Have close family in Scotland we would like to visit. Is this allowed/in the spirit of the rules after 10th July ? Is Scotland allowing overnight visitors?

They aren't allowing overnight visitors yet. Not allowed in the house yet except to use the toilet.

No.

in my part just over border travel further than 5 miles is not allowed
so sadly no

My understanding is it's 15th July for hotels, holiday cottages from 4th. Are you planning to stay with the family members, as that isn't currently allowed (ie you can't meet other households indoors yet)

Nope. But my dad is coming to Scotland from England for respite for his wife. He's terminal and doesn't have long left at all so we can't delay even a month.
He's been isolating and we've been isolating to get ready for this. I've complied with all the lockdown rules so far since this all began but we're breaking them now.

I'm in Scotland as of the 10th of July you can visit others in their house and the 5 mile restriction is away as of tomorrow. So I would say yes!

The five mile thing is stopping this week though, and it doesn't apply to visiting family. Not sure what restrictions in England (about driving) are. I think getting some accommodation close by would be wisest.

I didn't know that about the 10th that's good

You would still need to socially distance indoors even if by that date you are allowed to be inside the house. Can you not wait a bit longer?

I think it’s from the 15th you can go inside someone’s house (other than if you have formed an “extended household” bubble). I don’t know if that includes overnight stays though.

No and definitely no overnights!!!!!

@IKEA888

in my part just over border travel further than 5 miles is not allowed so sadly no

That doesnt apply to visiting family. And its scrapped tomorrow.

redbigbananafeet
No

Why?

@judystilldreamsofhorses she said the 15th originally in her briefing and then corrected herself later on in it as it is the 10th

We are in similar position. Not seen family since Christmas. From 10th July, 3 households can meet indoors and stay overnight. We are going end of July. Social distancing indoors is, in my opinion, utterly ridiculous.

Ok great, thanks all! So we can go. Can anyone point me in the direction of the overnight rules? We do have somewhere we can stay that is not habited by anyone else but would prefer to stay with family.

Depends where too, Dumfries for example is staying at this lockdown level for another 2 weeks, so no overnight visits there.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/02/parts-of-south-west-scotland-excluded-from-lockdown-relaxation

Get your relatives to email their local msp and ask for clarification. They will get back to them pretty quickly

The Scottish government website is pretty clear but it doesn't clarify staying overnight from the 10th July.
www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-scotlands-route-map-indicative-dates-remainder-phase-2-early-phase-3/pages/2/