Just seen this post from Elfyn, which will put the cottage out of bounds for visitors
Sadly just been announced by Welsh Government that local lockdowns are to be imposed on the counties of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flint and Wrexham from 6pm on Thursday October 1st.
This effectively makes it an offence for any one to travel to or from any of these counties unless its for listed exempt activites such as for work, education or medical purposes. This will have a massive impact on access to both North Wales Limestone for climbing venues and for much of northern Snowdonia as the Ogwen Valley, Carneddau, the eastern side of the Glyderau, Moel Siabod, etc. are all within Conwy Council, while most of clwyd limestone is within Denbighshire. This effectively means that legally, for the purpose of recreation or holidays, that only residents of the county that these venues fall within, will be able to access these areas. https://gov.wales/local-coronavirus-restrictions-introduced-control-outbreaks-north-wales 19
Weâll update the BMC website as soon as possible. https://www.thebmc.co.uk/coronavirus-update-new-rule-of-6 5
Elfyn Jones
BMC Access & Conservation Officer (Wales)
Ogwen valley is in Gwynedd, not Conwy so the mountains there are accessible. But one will have, in theory, have to go via the A55 to get there and not the A5. Best ask Boris for clarity on this.
In going on holiday in Powys, 150m from the Shropshire border. If the Covid rangers come Iâll put a toe into England and exercise some regulatory arbitrage.
If weâre not all in lockdown again. In which case the virus will wait until we come out of lockdown and strike again. It isnât going to go away. Research from America suggests it has adapted to social distancing by becoming more contagious. It more dangerous, just so it can spread more easily. Clever buggers these things.
According to Google maps, the boundary crosses just northwest of Llyn Ogwyn & heads up to Glyder Fawr then down the Glywders before crossing the Capel rd just short of the Pen Y Gwryd, so Ogwen valley is out of bounds really
@PaulSagar - It will be a bit of a shit show either way tbh.
He dies and becomes âtrump the Chinese virus martyrâ to his followers and then Pence is sworn in.
He survives and we never hear the end of it âI had the virus, it was amazing, the best virus everâ or something and then claims everyone else is weak
Iâm going for option 3: he gets severely incapacitated but doesnât die, loses the election, is too sick to try and cling to office, gets booted out, then all the debt collectors and the IRS come for him and he is exposed as a ruined fraud and THEN he dies.
