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Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:30 am I travelled out of Thailand just in time, having arrived in the UK today, otherwise I’d have had to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days

Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:30 am I travelled out of Thailand just in time, having arrived in the UK today, otherwise I’d have had to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days


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PeteC wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:45 amDuring a meal is it mask up/down constantly, or do they allow you to remove it when eating?

Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:17 am If I can answer the two questions from Pete and Joelle together - I got the test done at HHH, test taken at 9.00 am on Tuesday morning and results back Wednesday morning. Not the most pleasant experience but the discomfort was short lived - very professional service at a cost of 3655 Baht.

Traveling through the airport and on the plane required 100% wearing of a mask (changed 3 times) other than for photos being taken and when you eat. I kept mine down all the time while I was eating and nobody ever said anything. I don’t know whether it was colder than normal on the planes, but it was very cold requiring a blanket throughout the flight and this helped enormously in reducing the discomfort, to the extent that I didn’t find it too unpleasant.

Clearing UK immigration took about 1.1/2 hours (wearing a mask, but no social distancing) then I had the misfortune of my bag getting “lost” at Heathrow - I’m not even sure the full details, but suffice to say it took nearly 1.1/2 hours to retrieve it and only then with the fantastic help of a man who was not even an employee of the airline (they had all left the desk area by the time I had got through immigration). Without this mans assistance I would never have got my bag - I’ve never seen such a mess at baggage collection area - there must have been hundreds of suitcases in total at the 12 conveyor belt areas at the terminal. Just to add insult to injury, the journey to my 10 day isolation address was around the M25 motorway and part way home, there was a big accident ahead of us resulting in all 4 lanes coming to a complete standstill where we waited for the emergency services to deal with the injured people and clear the scene about 1 hour later. In all, my journey from home to home was 30 hours - definitely the most difficult journey I have ever taken!! (Apologies for the rant too).


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KhunLA wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:31 am Thailand back on the red list, so if nothing changes before then, you'll need to quarantine on arrival to UK.

Effective; 0400 (0300 GMT) on Monday 30 Aug

lomuamart wrote:As I was seriously thinking about a UK visit in October, I was intending to use you as a sounding board, Dannie Boy.

Luckily nothing's booked and I'll make a decision over the weekend after speaking to my father.

The chances are that you won't have to answer any of my stupid questions!!