jupe1407 wrote:al78 wrote:I thought there was some hostility in Scotland toward people visiting from south of the border. Are all these rammed full car parks due to locals?
There isn't. Much of that was ridiculously overhyped nonsense in rags like the Express and the Scotsman trying to build a false narrative of anti-Englishness on the back of a handful of protestors at some service station near the border.
Totally agree, the usual nonsense from the media. You will hear some anecdotes but in reality folk from south of the border will be made welcome here similar to they are in their own country, probably moreso. No one should have any concerns about that.
al78 wrote:There was the talk of Nicola Sturgeon threatening to quarantine English visitors?
https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-12/scotland-will-not-shy-away-from-quarantine-for-english-visitors-nicola-sturgeon-says"Nicola Sturgeon has said she will not shy away from taking a decision to impose quarantine on English visitors to Scotland, but neither will it be a decision she takes lightly.
Asked on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday about the possibility of self-isolation for visitors from south of the border, the First Minister said the UK nations need to work together on outbreak management in a way that “mitigates against having to put any border restrictions in place”."
Hardly makes visiting Scotland very appealing at the moment.
I dont think travelling anywhere is extremely appealing at the moment. Americans, Portuguese & folk from Leicester
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) have been told not to travel to England. Unfortunately travel bans can happen for any of us at anytime.
I think the big problem the right wing rags have is they don't like Scotland having a say in any of this, and try to turn it into an anti english story.
Nothing could be further from the truth and you would be very unlucky to be greeted with anything other than a warm welcome.
The majority of folk in the hills just now are not travelling much further than 2 or 3 hours from their home just now I would say, and that's why the hill car parks closest to the central belt are rammed while north and west of Inverness is a lot quieter.
Thats a totally unscientific survey by me of course and don't quote me on it.