Trying to sort out Mrs Motties birthday break to Jersey that I booked months ago. They’ve brought in new rules for red countries which the U.K. has been from yesterday according to their rules. Option 1 - Free testing at airport on arrival and then you must isolate for up to 12 hours in your hotel room or until you get an all clear. No problem with that if I have to but we are arriving at 11am and can’t get in our room till 3.00pm and nobody can answer where we go in between those times. Alternatively, Option 2 - get a Covid test up to 72 hours before arrival, no test and no isolation needed as long as you are double jabbed which we are but it must be from a UKAS level three accredited centre. All those offering Covid tests will say is "Yes, we are UKAS approved" but when you press them further, they admit they are not level 3 approved! Option 3 - change to a later flight, take test on arrival and sleep through the 12 hours testing and then up and out the next day - problem with that is only late flight are from Heathrow (we're flying from City airport) and Mrs Mottie doesn’t want to go through the crowded hell hole that is Heathrow. Option - 4, drive, get the ferry and arrive evening time, test on arrival and sleep through the isolation period but too long a drive and too long a crossing time. Option 5 - scrub it, find somewhere in the mainland U.K., bank the flights and use them to go there or elsewhere another time as she's got the collywobbles about travelling out of the country anyway! That’s looking favourite at the moment!
