mr.tourette wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:39 pm
I'm interested dependant on the whole covid situation
Hello, yes I've added you to the list could you pm me please with your full name/car details and contact details pls thnx
Ref COVID and I guess this will come up a lot we've got a sort of policy/logic statement (you wouldn''t expect anything else)
The Scottish Goverment has had, for a relatively long time, a logical and consistent methodology for categorising infection risk and likely impact along with a geographical structure allied to 5 tiers. This does allow one to see the trend vector and to a degree predict (in the next few weeks) where each part of Scotland will be tier wise.
What we have done over the autumn is organise a number of outings privately to see how best we can organise runs against this tiered structure.
So we have a logic and methodology which we can scale and re-organise based on predicted and actual tiers.
We've gone out of our way to plan all our events so far to be in areas that are mostly currently Tier 1 (Tier 0 being the lowest) and a few currently at Tier 2. we are allowed for the purposes of transit to go through Tier 3 and higher areas. We may have to adjust the start /finish postitions to avoid any infringements.
We took a policy of trying to adhere both to the intent and spirit of regulations so we won't be into exploiting 'Scotch Egg' type loopholes.
So looking forward, in part, that's why we are limiting numbers and especially cars (as under most rules two people from the same household count as a unit for most constraints), as we can only manage so many people in so many public areas based on the fact that 2 households can buddy up for a trip, so 12 cars can be 24 people max, 4 in each unit, so 6 tables for meals etc etc..
What we are also doing is booking accomodation through Booking.com where most places can be booked with a COVID related cancellation upto 24 hours before arrival (48-72 hours at worst).
So we are planning to make events happen, almost come what may,in areas that have had a sustained low level of infection against a pragamtic backdrop of flexibility as dictated by then current circumstances.
Obviously its up to each person to decide whether they can/should/want to do a trip and that circumstances can change so that a commitment today does not compell a person to participate and/or lose money if the cancel.
The two key variables are the public's willingness to continue to embrace the restrictions (which causes a deterioation in oulook) versus the progressive impact of vaccination over time.
So trips earlier in 2021 will be more skewed by the former variable, later on the effect of widespead vaccinations will have a major impact.
Long explanation..here is a simple graphic and links to current Scottish tier-ing and which areas are in which tiers..I couldn't find an update map which would have made it easier to assimilate.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-55233950
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54659056
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