Coronavirus & Touring Plans

[Dale 1956]

Here I want to go on a tour but with this new coronavirus I don't think it's a good idea right now.Is anyone going to do a trip this year?

 

[PaulSB]

Along with a friend I had planned a trip St. Malo to Nice arriving in time for the Grand Depart. We've abandoned that plan and put a plan for the Outer Hebrides or North Coast 500 on the table. Those ideas are now forgotten.

The best we can hope for is a glorious summer and some long day rides from home.

In my view any thoughts of any type of holiday should be off everyone's agenda til 2021. It just isn't going to happen.

 

[Blue Hills]

Am thinking of a three day ride cross country with free camping so that i can continue to isolate and avoid public transport.
On the Hebrides thing @PaulSB i know you weren"t planning a campervan jaunt but i have seen news pieces about the highlands and islands asking folk in vans to stay away. Some have already rolled up i think.

 

[PaulSB]

@Blue Hills yes I've read similar articles on these areas and the south-west. It seems very reasonable to me.

I have friends who were planning trips to celebrate a 40th birthday. First choice Japan was booked and cancelled. Second choice Marrakech booked and cancelled. Third choice campervan to the Highlands abandoned plan as morally unacceptable.

 

[raleighnut]

I had planned to have a go at returning to lightweight touring this year but that seems to have gone out of the window

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Can you change your title? It’s a bit non descriptive of the topic

Cheers

 

[oldwheels]

Am thinking of a three day ride cross country with free camping so that i can continue to isolate and avoid public transport.
On the Hebrides thing @PaulSB i know you weren"t planning a campervan jaunt but i have seen news pieces about the highlands and islands asking folk in vans to stay away. Some have already rolled up i think.

Bits of Scotland are getting choked by caravans and motorhomes and many sites are shut. At least one car park near Fort William chased about 30 vans out who had set up for a long stay.
If you do get ill consider the problem that will cause in small communities with limited resources. Here on Mull we have a community hospital with two beds and currently only one ambulance to cover an island 60 miles long. We already have cases of infection brought to the island. Holiday home owners are arriving and are reported to be stripping the shelves in our coop. Wild camping is also heavily frowned on.

 

[mjr]

No, I think all our tour plans will be postponed for at least a year once the bookings become flexible. If there's a miracle, we might do something in autumn but we won't book it before restrictions lift.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

@Dale 1956 I've taken the liberty of altering your title to be more descriptive of the thread.

 

[Vantage]

I'm worrying about mine and my dads plans to do the Way of the Roses in August. Its a way off yet but there's a possibility this damn bug could cause long term closures.
I've not seen him since last summer and was hoping to visit at the end of May, camping overnight. Even that looks like it'll go out the window

 

[Baldy]

Did have plans to do the Hebridean way/ west coast this spring. Can't see this epidemic being sorted out anytime soon. We'll all just have to sit tight until it's all over. At least I can do day rides from home, around the back lanes.

 

[winjim]

Just forget it.

 

[All uphill]

Just forget it.

Touring plans are just a distant memory.

I'll be happy if I can keep doing 20 - 40 mile loops locally. I'm not optimistic though...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

If this news item is anything to go by you might not be as welcome as you'd have hoped if touring in the UK at the moment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51994504

 

[Vantage]

If this news item is anything to go by you might not be as welcome as you'd have hoped if touring in the UK at the moment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51994504

I've family there telling me similar stories. People think they'll avoid the virus as Wales is apparently immune to it.