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[Smileyian]

Hi Everyone, I am known as SmileyIan on here. I am a young at heart 77 year old, still playing racquet games and doing Cardiac Rehab. History of 40 years of various arrhythmia and now Artery Spasms but still so so active. I have lived in Singapore for over 20 years but would just love a last holiday in UK in a green country environment either in Northern England or Scotland for 2 or 3 weeks in private house or airbnb but preferring nice family. Very calm and pleasing character, non smoker, a wee beer now and then but a lover of animals, flora and fauna. Of course considering costs and bills and my return flights from Singapore. My wife would not travel but zoom and WhatsApp can keep me in touch. Clean cut guy but want to see that UK countryside once more. Please advise any ideas. Dont need luxury bit just a happy host and that lovely countryside...... can walk dogs hahaha...

[gilreid1]

Ian really don’t want to dampen your plans but visiting the UK right now I would not advise. Even up here in the north east of Scotland the advice changes daily. We cannot travel between different tiers and the latest estimate to be back in some sort of normality is summer 2021. My own opinion is that is a best case hope. My friend is returning home to stay December 30th from Singapore after 12 years and where Singapore had been good with the virus he has been advised that moving around Angus region (where he is from) is not advised and extreme cation should be used.

Take care

Gil

[Smileyian in reply to gilreid1]

Oh thank you vm. Of course I meant when Covid is over and maybe next June onwards. I should have said that. Good Luck.

[Sunnie2day in reply to gilreid1]

Too right about travel here in Scotland the now. We're in a part of Angus at least six miles from things like trains and supermarkets. Our area has moved from Level3 down to Level2 - but our preferred supermarket is in an L3 area (right on the Angus-Dundee border) and we're having to drive 30 miles round-trip rather than the usual 10. Somehow I don't think we'd be able to claim a trip to Dundee Morrisons as 'essential travel' to an L3 zone from an L2 one.

Can't wait for this pandemic to end, for so many reasons!

Hope you and your wife are well and cabin fever isn't hitting you too hard.

[Sunnie2day]

The real beauty of modern medicine is being able to travel once medical supervision (diagnosis, treatment including medications, etc) is worked out.

We'd host you but we downsized two years ago to a shoebox so tight we're actually looking at upsizing in the next year or so.

If you come to our wee corner of the Kingdom (between Dundee and Aberdeen) we can recommend several outstanding and very reasonably priced properties, anything ranging from hostel styles and 'glamp-pods' (we love the pods when we're off about) catering to the retired set to inns and hotels - all en-suite except the hostels. Good transportation links from all including bus and train.

Speaking of trains, if you do choose Scotland, look into ScotRail's schemes for the over 50s - we did a lovely lot of train travel in First Class before the pandemic thanks to the scheme! I don't know about 'Down South' (England and Wales) but I'd be shocked if they don't have similar schemes.