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25 July 2020 20:40


It was all booked. OK, all the travel arrangements had changed: earlier flight out; later flight back; airport hotel closed so rebooked to another; coach service to airport not running so changed to coach and train; airport car park changed (this was the latest change - only two days ago). But we managed to cope with all that.

Then news came of a potential spike of COVID-19 in and around Barcelona. We considered the information available; we hummed and haa'd; we tried to put some context around the news and we decided ... Yes, we would still go, unless anything major changed.

Today we have packed our bags; sorted out the documentation; found our passports; completed the required 'entrance exam' for Spain. Even youngest child's replacement* EHIC** card arrived this morning.

And this evening, about twelve hours before we were due to set off, the news comes in that anyone returning from Spain will be required to quarantine for fourteen days. That's full quarantine. Not like lockdown where you are allowed out for food shopping and one period of exercise per day. Full quarantine: go home; go directly to home; do not go out; do not collect £200.

We're not going to Barcelona.

OK, we may not get the money back, but hey, it's only money. We will (hopefully) retain our health and sanity.

As promised, we gave youngest child the choice of where to go instead. She chose Stratford-on-Avon. So that is where we are going. OK, a bit of a weird choice for a teenager, but she is a bit of a weird teenager. (Mrs B says "it must be your influence; she was never this weird before you came on the scene". Youngest child says "I celebrate my weirdness; it keeps normal people away").

* she'd lost (or "couldn't find") the original
** for reciprocal health care in the EU

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