It amazes me living just half mile off the flight path into Bristol airport how many planes are still coming in from Spain and France and other Covid-19 hotspots.
There’s one coming in this minute from northern Italy for Christ sakes, but its OK folk because its a private jet with some rich folk for sure on it who must have priority over everything else.
I have a server here that provides aircraft data 24/7 to FlightRadar24 used by the media so can record all the aircraft in my area up to a hundred miles away and last week and on a normal week I was logging 700 to 800 flights overhead, over the weekend it dropped to 300 to 400 flights and yesterday just over 300 and today 223 so far and although today flights have dropped to a trickle they still come.
Now we all know about friend of a friend stories but today a friend told me his friend flow into London yesterday from Vietnam and not one check at the airport or even as much as a “have anyone had a cold” question and they expect us to say locked up in our homes for an unknown period while all this goes on.
Thing will be OK I’m sure for a few weeks but I think things could get very nasty if this is prolonged and threats of prison won’t help as were already in prison serving an 18 month sentence. LOL.?
To say it won’t happen is to bury your head in the sand because some low life’s are already out and about taking advantage with a report in the local rag today of teenagers going around smashing up cars, burning out two Iceland delivery vans and to top it all, spitting on passer by and what’s the police response and I quote “We believe that a group of teenagers were involved in these disturbances. I have one message for them, their parents and carers. Stay at home. Save lives”, reassuring isn’t it.?♂️
Anyway on a happier note with the nice weather had lunch in the garden today, first time this year and the streets reasonably quite.?