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a la izquierda

(11,908 posts) Thu May 21, 2020, 10:25 AM May 2020

Need a favor from you kind folks in the UK group re: restrictions, etc.

I am due to travel in a couple weeks to Essex to see my partner (it's been 6 months already). I've also been admitted to Birkbeck UCL to start a law degree in October (great timing). I cannot figure out where to find the most up-to-date guidelines on whether or not people have to quarantine (it's fine if I do, I just need to do it away from him and his kids for two weeks as they're all asthmatics); whether I can book a hotel for that purpose; etc., etc. The airlines send me to one government page that specifically for UK citizens and says nothing really about incoming travelers. The US Dept of State website is also unhelpful.

I'd appreciate any suggestions you have. TIA.

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Need a favor from you kind folks in the UK group re: restrictions, etc. (Original Post) a la izquierda May 2020 OP

The government seems to offer to find a place muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #1

Appreciate this, thanks. I see the quarantine date hasn't been set... a la izquierda May 2020 #2

I am sure that I have read somewhere they plan to start on 1/06/2020 Soph0571 May 2020 #3

Excellent! I will do just that. a la izquierda May 2020 #6

Starting 8th June muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #16

I arrive the 6th. I'm relieved. a la izquierda May 2020 #17

Whereabouts in Essex? T_i_B May 2020 #4

Colchester a la izquierda May 2020 #5

It is higgedly pigedly and marvellous! Soph0571 May 2020 #7

I'm waiting on admission there too. a la izquierda May 2020 #8

They have announced today the quarantine for inbound will be from the 8th n/t Soph0571 May 2020 #13

I arrive on the 6th! I'm ecstatic! a la izquierda May 2020 #14

Oh that is bloody brilliant!!!!! Soph0571 May 2020 #15

I lived in Colchester for 3 years T_i_B May 2020 #9

I'll hopefully be living there this time next year. a la izquierda May 2020 #10

I've actually been messaging somebody from 3 Wise Monkeys today! T_i_B May 2020 #11

I doubt I'll get to go on this trip, but who knows. a la izquierda May 2020 #12

muriel_volestrangler

(102,618 posts)

1. The government seems to offer to find a place

Reply to a la izquierda (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2020, 11:24 AM

May 2020

which seems reasonable with the asthma problem - BBC report dated today:

Any passengers arriving in the UK by plane, ferry or train will have to provide an address where they will remain for two weeks.

The idea is to reduce the spread of coronavirus by minimising the contact international travellers have with other people when they first arrive.

The government has not given a starting date, but has said it wants the measures introduced "as soon as possible".

On arrival, travellers will need to provide UK Border Force officials with an address where they will self-isolate. Otherwise, accommodation will be arranged by the government.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52544307

Which links to this May govt paper:

Second, the Government will require all international arrivals not on a short list of exemptions to
self-isolate in their accommodation for fourteen days on arrival into the UK. Where international
travellers are unable to demonstrate where they would self-isolate, they will be required to do so in
accommodation arranged by the Government. The Government is working closely with the
devolved administrations to coordinate implementation across the UK.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/884760/Our_plan_to_rebuild_The_UK_Government_s_COVID-19_recovery_strategy.pdf

When the virus first hit abroad, they had accommodation near Heathrow and Merseyside where incoming passengers were taken - that may still be available.

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

2. Appreciate this, thanks. I see the quarantine date hasn't been set...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2020, 12:28 PM

May 2020

This is what's causing some of the headache. If I can get an Airbnb flat in Essex, I'd much prefer that so at least I can cook and such.
But considering I'm grateful I'm even allowed to get on the plane, I'll take whatever I can get!

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

3. I am sure that I have read somewhere they plan to start on 1/06/2020

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #2)

Thu May 21, 2020, 01:17 PM

May 2020

But planning and doing are two different things with this government. How exciting for you to get over!! If you are going to Birbeck, when this is all over we must meet up for a drink. It is but a hop and a skip from where I am!

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

6. Excellent! I will do just that.

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #3)

Thu May 21, 2020, 03:20 PM

May 2020

I’m sure it’s June 1, but who knows. I’ll wait a few more days to decide where to stay.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,618 posts)

16. Starting 8th June

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #2)

Fri May 22, 2020, 06:06 PM

May 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/uk-quarantine-plan-what-will-it-mean-for-travellers

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

17. I arrive the 6th. I'm relieved.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #16)

Sat May 23, 2020, 05:15 AM

May 2020

I didn’t want to have to stay in an airport hotel with no kitchen. A kitchen and the ability to run outside are all I need for now.

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)

4. Whereabouts in Essex?

Reply to a la izquierda (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2020, 01:32 PM

May 2020

I spent 11 years living in Essex.

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

5. Colchester

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #4)

Thu May 21, 2020, 03:19 PM

May 2020

It’s a weird place but I love it.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

7. It is higgedly pigedly and marvellous!

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #5)

Thu May 21, 2020, 03:46 PM

May 2020

I love the fact that it has streets of houses older than the discovery of America!

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

8. I'm waiting on admission there too.

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #7)

Thu May 21, 2020, 03:59 PM

May 2020

Their human rights law program is stellar.

It reminds me of New Jersey in some weird ways. I love it so.

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

13. They have announced today the quarantine for inbound will be from the 8th n/t

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #8)

Fri May 22, 2020, 01:35 PM

May 2020

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

14. I arrive on the 6th! I'm ecstatic!

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #13)

Fri May 22, 2020, 04:07 PM

May 2020

I’m going to stay away from my man for five days, after he picks me up, but I’m so, so excited!!!

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

15. Oh that is bloody brilliant!!!!!

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #14)

Fri May 22, 2020, 04:09 PM

May 2020

It would have been so shit to be so near but so far for two week. Yay to the both of you!

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)

9. I lived in Colchester for 3 years

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #5)

Thu May 21, 2020, 04:36 PM

May 2020

I loved it there. The history of Britain's oldest town is something I definitely appreciated. I still have a few friends there and like heading back to old haunts like The Vic and the Odd One Out.

Wivenhoe (a small village near the University) is also somewhere I really like.

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

10. I'll hopefully be living there this time next year.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #9)

Thu May 21, 2020, 04:38 PM

May 2020

I'm tired of a commuter relationship, and it was a new one at that when I left!
Three Wise Monkeys is my favorite place, but pretty much any pub that shows football is where I am on weekends. And I love running in Castle Park.

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)

11. I've actually been messaging somebody from 3 Wise Monkeys today!

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #10)

Thu May 21, 2020, 04:42 PM

May 2020

Small world.

a la izquierda

(11,908 posts)

12. I doubt I'll get to go on this trip, but who knows.

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #11)

Thu May 21, 2020, 04:56 PM

May 2020

I bought a gift card back in March for use this summer...it might have to wait until I move.

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