In reply to Post #182
Exactly the same. Rebooked for March 22. Still not confident of that anymore!
Exactly the same. Rebooked for March 22. Still not confident of that anymore!
In reply to Post #183
The latest government form and subsequent actions / fines is the final of many nails in a long coffin for travelling to fish .. I looked into it again yesterday ( before moving my tunnel crossing for the 10th time !! )
You now need to get into France -
A negative test
The latest U.K.explain your reason for travel form
A form swearing your free from COVID
A French reason to travel permit .
To self isolate for 7 days .
Oh , and all foreign travel is banned anyway ( by both countries )
To get back to the U.K.
a negative test
Self isolate for 10 days
Two tests during that period .
The cost of three tests alone is a weeks fishing ! For those of you lucky enough to be able to travel for “ essential “ work and combine it with a spot of fishing .. good luck and make hay on the empty lakes ...
The main problem is see is that both countries have put up so many walls to stop travel / Holidays that the realistic prospect that come May 17th we can all just head on over .. is , IMO , tiny ... As we know from lockdowns , putting restrictions in place is very easy , it's undoing them that takes the time ...
I really , really hope I'm wrong for mine ( I have a fair few trips planned this year ) and veryones sake , but my work schedule ( I work abroad ) has already been pushed back to July / August ...
Have I missed anything 😭?
The latest government form and subsequent actions / fines is the final of many nails in a long coffin for travelling to fish .. I looked into it again yesterday ( before moving my tunnel crossing for the 10th time !! )
You now need to get into France -
A negative test
The latest U.K.explain your reason for travel form
A form swearing your free from COVID
A French reason to travel permit .
To self isolate for 7 days .
Oh , and all foreign travel is banned anyway ( by both countries )
To get back to the U.K.
a negative test
Self isolate for 10 days
Two tests during that period .
The cost of three tests alone is a weeks fishing ! For those of you lucky enough to be able to travel for “ essential “ work and combine it with a spot of fishing .. good luck and make hay on the empty lakes ...
The main problem is see is that both countries have put up so many walls to stop travel / Holidays that the realistic prospect that come May 17th we can all just head on over .. is , IMO , tiny ... As we know from lockdowns , putting restrictions in place is very easy , it's undoing them that takes the time ...
I really , really hope I'm wrong for mine ( I have a fair few trips planned this year ) and veryones sake , but my work schedule ( I work abroad ) has already been pushed back to July / August ...
Have I missed anything 😭?
In reply to Post #184
Thanks for the update, Andy😮.
Confirms my suspicions that things will be extremely difficult for a while, especially when adding a trip across the pond to start and finish it all.
My two scheduled trips are End Aug and End Oct, thinking the first at least is now at real risk....
Thanks for the update, Andy😮.
Confirms my suspicions that things will be extremely difficult for a while, especially when adding a trip across the pond to start and finish it all.
My two scheduled trips are End Aug and End Oct, thinking the first at least is now at real risk....
In reply to Post #184
All accurate at this point in time. Personally I think by the end of May we will be looking at a far brighter picture.
All accurate at this point in time. Personally I think by the end of May we will be looking at a far brighter picture.
In reply to Post #185
mine is due mid september...oh well, it will be what it is i guess
mine is due mid september...oh well, it will be what it is i guess
June = 50/50
September 100%
October 100%
That's what I'm hoping for my 3 trips
September 100%
October 100%
That's what I'm hoping for my 3 trips
In reply to Post #188
i hope your right re september mate
i hope your right re september mate
We're supposed to be going in early September too. Two weeks on a lake then another two on the river. Both venues were booked for visits in September 2020 but they have been rolled over to September 2021. If they too are cancelled I think I'll brush off the golf clubs again and stick all the tackle on the Bay!
In reply to Post #190
Nothing wrong with a round of golf, soon back to normal and playing 4 to 5 times a week at Launceston.
Nothing wrong with a round of golf, soon back to normal and playing 4 to 5 times a week at Launceston.
In reply to Post #190
Which river are you going to Ken? I have had some nice fish from the Lot last week including a 41lb mirror. Well chuffed!
Which river are you going to Ken? I have had some nice fish from the Lot last week including a 41lb mirror. Well chuffed!
In reply to Post #192
La Charente, Richard. Congrats on the Lot 40, and a mirror too. Was that from Jim's 'Paradise'?
La Charente, Richard. Congrats on the Lot 40, and a mirror too. Was that from Jim's 'Paradise'?
In reply to Post #193
Good luck, I hope you get to get over here. We have a house very close to Jim's place, the fish was from the bottom of our garden. There has also been a common of just under 60lb caught recently. We moved over here permanently at the back end of last year and are loving it.
Good luck, I hope you get to get over here. We have a house very close to Jim's place, the fish was from the bottom of our garden. There has also been a common of just under 60lb caught recently. We moved over here permanently at the back end of last year and are loving it.
In reply to Post #188
Are you that confident?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
When you look at how France to coping with the Corona it makes you wonder if they will be open for holidays this year as they are so far behind us and the numbers are still steadily going up ATM. They currently have 3.5 million cases steadily rising whereas we have 788k and our numbers are dropping quickly.
I've also got a booking that Vallee lakes have agreed to move and I'm wondering if I need to ask for a date next year TBH.
Are you that confident?
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
When you look at how France to coping with the Corona it makes you wonder if they will be open for holidays this year as they are so far behind us and the numbers are still steadily going up ATM. They currently have 3.5 million cases steadily rising whereas we have 788k and our numbers are dropping quickly.
I've also got a booking that Vallee lakes have agreed to move and I'm wondering if I need to ask for a date next year TBH.
In reply to Post #195
Doesn't that make us an attractive option. We are unlikely to bring much risk into France and we spend money.
The flip side is UK won't want us back as we are likely coming from a higher risk country so maybe negative test required or quarantine on return.
Only time will tell.
Doesn't that make us an attractive option. We are unlikely to bring much risk into France and we spend money.
The flip side is UK won't want us back as we are likely coming from a higher risk country so maybe negative test required or quarantine on return.
Only time will tell.
In reply to Post #194
Haven't fished the Lot for several years. Last time we went we got mullered by cats. They outnumbered the carp (takes-wise) about 10:1. They wiped me out of bait and in the end I just gave up. We were fishing the stretch between Ste-Sylvestre and Fumel. a stretch we had always done well on in previous years. However, that year the cats seemed to have bred like mice and we were plagued with them. They were all much of a muchness in size and they were ravenous!
I have also fished just upstream of where I think you must have bought a house. It was outside St Livrade along the riverside road. On Google Earth there is a Fiat motor-home parked in the entrance to the property. We had some gear nicked overnight...left a nasty taste in the mouth!
Haven't fished the Lot for several years. Last time we went we got mullered by cats. They outnumbered the carp (takes-wise) about 10:1. They wiped me out of bait and in the end I just gave up. We were fishing the stretch between Ste-Sylvestre and Fumel. a stretch we had always done well on in previous years. However, that year the cats seemed to have bred like mice and we were plagued with them. They were all much of a muchness in size and they were ravenous!
I have also fished just upstream of where I think you must have bought a house. It was outside St Livrade along the riverside road. On Google Earth there is a Fiat motor-home parked in the entrance to the property. We had some gear nicked overnight...left a nasty taste in the mouth!