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Fly me to the Moon - your 3rd travel Megathread - read OP

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    #152
    The Nutty M
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    freida wrote: »
    Can you still bring hand luggage on planes ex Belfast or Dublin. I remember at the start of this all luggage had to be checked in

    Yes hand luggage is still in operation on Swiss and Ryanair flights anyways. People with half a kitchen sink in some bags.


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    #153
    0lddog
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    pc7 wrote: »
    Why have UK made Portugal, azores, canaries etc amber if they are green now on ours? I'm lost? :confused:
    Red Silurian wrote: »
    ...It's all to do with a very dirty word on this forum.... Politics

    RS probably nailed it


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    #154
    brickster69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭brickster69


    Anyone know what the Falklands are like this time of year ?

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #155
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Anyone know what the Falklands are like this time of year ?

    Bit of Snow there today,but it's sunny

    http://www.webcams.horizon.co.fk/fullscreen_cam2.html


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    #156
    Red Silurian
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    0lddog wrote: »
    RS probably nailed it

    Exactly, Mr Brexit himself can't be seen to be joining any EU scheme


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    #157
    brickster69
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    Marine Layer wrote: »
    Bit of Snow there today,but it's sunny

    http://www.webcams.horizon.co.fk/fullscreen_cam2.html


    What about Ireland. We could all meet up in the park for some pints one night for a singalong.

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #158
    faceman
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    What about Ireland. We could all meet up in the park for some pints one night for a singalong.

    As long as you don’t need a toilet


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    #159
    brickster69
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    Perfectly sensible approach from the UK regarding travel at the moment. Better safe than sorry with these new mutations popping up.

    https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1400475013640343554

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #160
    stephenjmcd
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Perfectly sensible approach from the UK regarding travel at the moment. Better safe than sorry with these new mutations popping up.

    https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1400475013640343554

    The variant the WHO says doesn't exist?


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    #161
    CruelSummer
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Perfectly sensible approach from the UK regarding travel at the moment. Better safe than sorry with these new mutations popping up.

    https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1400475013640343554

    I was just about to post regarding this. What on earth are the U.K. up to?

    It seems they’re aware of a Nepal variant that WHO themselves aren’t & somehow linked it in the way the news is phrased re Portugal. As if to imply this new variant is in Portugal when it most certainly is not...

    https://twitter.com/whonepal/status/1400341162527887362?s=21

    I think this is more about politics and less about travel. Aren’t the US just about to reopen borders to the UK in June also...

    This is what Grant Shapps said:

    “He said the emerging Nepal mutation of the Indian variant was of concern and Portugal's positivity rate has "nearly doubled since the last review".

    Firstly where is the Nepal variant circulating when WHO and others says the two B1617 variants plus B117 are circulating in Nepal. If Nepal is on a mandatory quarantine list for the U.K. - how does this affect Portugal, and other locations. It all seems very shambolic.


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    #162
    josip
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Perfectly sensible approach from the UK regarding travel at the moment. Better safe than sorry with these new mutations popping up.

    https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1400475013640343554


    Hold up, the Indian mutation has further mutated in the Nepali mutation?
    If that further mutates into the Sherpa sub variant we may as well give up, it will be the fittest virus of all.


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    #163
    Marcusm
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    Valhallapt wrote: »
    If you can prove you are travelling south, can you bypass the need for 2 PCR tests pre ordered? Orange lists you need to buy a set of PCR tests before you board the plane on your return

    Yea; you specify that you are not remaining in the U.K. you can also buy self administered kits from Randox which you can take on holiday and send to them for analysis for return if PCR required.


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    #164
    brickster69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭brickster69


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    The variant the WHO says doesn't exist?

    How much testing does the WHO do ? They become informed by countries who discover them and receive data on them.

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #165
    Marcusm
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    pc7 wrote: »
    Why have UK made Portugal, azores, canaries etc amber if they are green now on ours? I'm lost? :confused:

    Positive tests reportedly among those returning from champions league final. Attributed in some reports as relating to day trippers. This would be ironic as it reportedly showed up on day 2 tests which would indicate that they caught it 5 days earlier, ie before going to Portugal for their day trip. Of course, none of this can be proven.


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    #166
    stephenjmcd
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    How much testing does the WHO do ? They become informed by countries who discover them and receive data on them.

    Except nobody has reported it to WHO and even Nepal have said there's no such variant.


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    #167
    brickster69
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    josip wrote: »
    Hold up, the Indian mutation has further mutated in the Nepali mutation?
    If that further mutates into the Sherpa sub variant we may as well give up, it will be the fittest virus of all.

    Yeti is in the Greek alphabet i think ?

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #168
    josip
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Yeti is in the Greek alphabet i think ?


    Sorry, I haven't an iota.


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    #169
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    Marcusm wrote: »
    Yea; you specify that you are not remaining in the U.K. you can also buy self administered kits from Randox which you can take on holiday and send to them for analysis for return if PCR required.

    That cant be right surely. How do they know the sample was taken properly or from the person?


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    #170
    dodzy
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    Marcusm wrote: »
    Yea; you specify that you are not remaining in the U.K. you can also buy self administered kits from Randox which you can take on holiday and send to them for analysis for return if PCR required.

    Nota hope of that being true.


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    #171
    CruelSummer
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    Was the 2k fine extended?


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    #172
    is_that_so
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    brickster69 wrote: »
    Yeti is in the Greek alphabet i think ?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet#Letter_names


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    #173
    stargazer 68
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Nota hope of that being true.

    Yes it is true. Randox will post you a test to do at home, Ryanair advertise it when you book with them. You do the test at home or wherever and return it to them, either to one of their centres in person or by courier!

    https://www.randoxhealth.com/covid-19-testing-faq


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    #174
    naufragos123
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    CruelSummer wrote: »
    Was the 2k fine extended?

    Unfortunately yes. Up to 7th July.

    Joke :mad:


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    #175
    patscott27
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    Latest variant is now being called the delta variant.


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    #176
    pc7
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    patscott27 wrote: »
    Latest variant is now being called the delta variant.

    Is that not just what renamed the Indian one?


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    #177
    patscott27
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    Yes the variant formerly know as Yeti is now called Delta


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    #178
    pc7
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    patscott27 wrote: »
    Yes the variant formerly know as Yeti is now called Delta

    It’s getting a ridiculous at this stage! :)


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    #179
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    stargazer 68 wrote: »
    Yes it is true. Randox will post you a test to do at home, Ryanair advertise it when you book with them. You do the test at home or wherever and return it to them, either to one of their centres in person or by courier!

    https://www.randoxhealth.com/covid-19-testing-faq

    "Regulations regarding COVID-19 testing for travel in Ireland mean that a certified collection officer has to take your sample, so our home sample collection kit is not applicable."

    So no good for returning here then and seems more hassle anyway. Is it just the UK accepting these tests I wonder?


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    #180
    stargazer 68
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    "Regulations regarding COVID-19 testing for travel in Ireland mean that a certified collection officer has to take your sample, so our home sample collection kit is not applicable."

    So no good for returning here then and seems more hassle anyway. Is it just the UK accepting these tests I wonder?

    No idea tbh. Poster was talking about the UK. Cant see it working here!


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    CruelSummer wrote: »
    I was just about to post regarding this. What on earth are the U.K. up to?

    It seems they’re aware of a Nepal variant that WHO themselves aren’t & somehow linked it in the way the news is phrased re Portugal. As if to imply this new variant is in Portugal when it most certainly is not...

    https://twitter.com/whonepal/status/1400341162527887362?s=21

    I think this is more about politics and less about travel. Aren’t the US just about to reopen borders to the UK in June also...

    This is what Grant Shapps said:

    “He said the emerging Nepal mutation of the Indian variant was of concern and Portugal's positivity rate has "nearly doubled since the last review".

    Firstly where is the Nepal variant circulating when WHO and others says the two B1617 variants plus B117 are circulating in Nepal. If Nepal is on a mandatory quarantine list for the U.K. - how does this affect Portugal, and other locations. It all seems very shambolic.

    It is 100% politics. You only have to listen to Hancock and Shapps etc on Andrew Marr on a Sunday morning to confirm that....spouting on about how great their staycations are going to be. The government does not want people going off on holidays overseas and spending money in the EU. And grasping every excuse to achieve that aim


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