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Will you & your family travel for leisure if masks are still mandatory?

Will you & your family travel for leisure if masks are still mandatory?

  • Yes

    Votes: 100 64.9%
  • No

    Votes: 38 24.7%
  • Yes but probably not as much as before

    Votes: 16 10.4%

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Jonny

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That's good to know. If all restrictions aren't lifted on 21 June then I'm planning on becoming exempt after that date anyway so it's good to know I shouldn't get too much hassle.
They will have a very hard job justifying keeping them on if the rate keeps falling and falling....

In fact, if they use people declining vaccination to justify keeping them on then they will be on a very sticky wicket, because of how the enabling act is worded.
 

Peter Sarf

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I have got used to wearing a mask. I have had to wear a mask at work for just over a year now. Kind of feel naked without it. Nice warm face in the winter !. So I would be bound to wear one as it is easy - for me.

But, to avoid risk, I probably will not do much leisure travel by public transport anyway.
 

GodAtum

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I won’t visit a single premises where mask wearing is compulsory other than those where I have literally no other choice. I absolutely detest them.

Same, I suffer undiagnosed psychosis when wearing them.
 

david1212

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If from 21st June masks are still mandatory ( I hope not but increasing suspect they will be ) to get away from the local area I will end up very reluctantly tolerating them but only for at most an hour at a time. Very unlikely I will take a 100+ mile each way day trip let alone a rail tour.

OTish but if masks remain mandatory on trains I expect it also will apply elsewhere plus the need to pre-book. This will reduce the number of places I will consider visiting and hence the number of rail journeys.
 
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Journeyman

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I will wear face coverings to the minimum required by law, and no more. Once they are no longer required by law, they go.
That's been my position throughout. I've made sure I haven't been a dick about the whole thing, but they don't stay on for a split second longer than the law requires.
 

takno

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I'm exempt and have had no issues on trains or buses on that. The requirements on planes and in other countries certainly stopped me going abroad last year.
 

nedchester

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If from 21st June masks are still mandatory ( I hope not but increasing suspect they will be ) to get away from the local area I will end up very reluctantly tolerating them but only for at most an hour at a time. Very unlikely I will take a 100+ mile each way day trip let alone a rail tour.

OTish but if masks remain mandatory on trains I expect it also will apply elsewhere plus the need to pre-book. This will reduce the number of places I will consider visiting and hence the number of rail journeys.
I expect there to be an increase in exempt people from 21/6/21.............
 

route101

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I have no problem wearing a mask. Was awkward at first last year but now used to it. I did Glasgow to London and onto Portsmouth, no issues as I took regular drink and eating breaks. Wont put me off a trip.
 

PeterY

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I won’t visit a single premises where mask wearing is compulsory other than those where I have literally no other choice. I absolutely detest them.
Sounds like me. I detest masks. I did go on a bus on Saturday first time in over a year. I tolerated the mask because the alternative was to walk along a busy main road with out a footpath. (Risk management) . I was only on the bus 12 minutes and £4.50 lighter :D :D

I plan to see my daughter in Wales late May. By train it's about 4 hours-ish. However much, I love train travel and hate driving, I'm not prepared to wear a mask all that time. I suppose I could nibble:D:D:D:D on a sandwich if I'm on the train the whole way. I'm 99% likely to drive:'(:'(:'(
 

Cymroglan

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As I am a cautious chap and I accept the evidence that the virus is spread by aerosol transmission, I will continue wearing a mask (N95/FFP2) in what I consider to be risky situations (for me this includes trains), until I am convinced that it is no longer risky. I find them expensive, uncomfortable and inconvenient but I suspect a dose of the virus would be significantly more expensive, uncomfortable and inconvenient.
 

brad465

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Like others on here over a certain journey time I won't tolerate mask wearing, unless I can really spread the snack load. Last year's longest ones for me were Paddington-Cardiff and Waterloo to Weymouth, both return trips (the former was a day trip but the latter a 5 day break), but I think I would struggle with a journey from the SE to Scotland or to Cornwall. As I've got a LEJOG cycle ride in September planned, I'm hoping mask wearing will be gone by then for train legs to Penzance and from Inverness, the latter in particular I've historically done first class for the sake of 8 hour comfort and refreshments, where masks and restricted services won't be as nice if still present then.
 

stevetay3

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Will continue to shop online until mask wearing is dropped, it’s much easier to shop online anyway may never go food shopping again. As for public transport I will not do any long distance until the requirements for masks are dropped ,up to fifty miles I can make a coffee last for the duration of the journey.
 

dk1

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Most definitely. Can’t let something as trivial as that put us off. Gotten used to them anyway.
 

NoMorePacers

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Yes. I've managed 18 hours (minus sliding them up to eat/drink) with a mask on already on rail trips I've done, so it isn't a barrier. I've even managed to reduce the main issues I was experiencing with them (steaming up my glasses and said glasses falling off my head). Thankfully on that basis it isn't much of an issue for me, so I'll be going out as much as I can, mask or no mask. This isn't to say I like masks of course - as soon as I can whip mine off I oblige. But ultimately I think it's all a matter of relativity - do I perceive having to wear a mask to be such a hardship that it'll prevent me doing what I enjoy? No. If wearing a mask allows me and other people to do what we want again, then I think it's ultimately a price worth paying.
 

takno

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Absolutely. There's a lot of cutting off of noses to spite faces here.
It's not really a matter of cutting off my nose to spite my face. I'm exempt because I can't deal with them for more than a couple of minutes at a time. Other people's experiences definitely do vary, but even amongst the people I know who can manage them for long enough to do a shop, a decent proportion of them start to experience significant distress after half an hour or so. For those people, a trip won't be a leisure experience in any meaningful way.
 

gka472l

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Yes, I will, travelled from the 'north' to the south coast last September for a two day stay, and will be off to Devon/Cornwall end of May, I guess the ones I have are reasonably comfortable for me personally....
 

Journeyman

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Yes, I will, travelled from the 'north' to the south coast last September for a two day stay, and will be off to Devon/Cornwall end of May, I guess the ones I have are reasonably comfortable for me personally....
I use bandanas, which seem to be (a) universally accepted and (b) tolerable for lengthy periods, although I noticed EasyJet refuse them, so I shan't be travelling with them anytime soon.
 

LancasterRed

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It's a bit of cloth on my face. It affects barely anything. So yes, I'll carry on travelling for leisure with it on.
 

YorkshireBear

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I will not take to driving just because of a mask. I will take the train and make sure my money goes in the kitty and encourage others to do the same to do my little bit to help the railway come out of this god awful mess.

6 months 75 minutes each way every day including walking in stations. Never once has it been that uncomfortable I've even been in discomfort let alone made me not want to travel
 

Ianno87

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I will not take to driving just because of a mask. I will take the train and make sure my money goes in the kitty and encourage others to do the same to do my little bit to help the railway come out of this god awful mess.

6 months 75 minutes each way every day including walking in stations. Never once has it been that uncomfortable I've even been in discomfort let alone made me not want to travel

It's amazing how much more comfortable it is if you invest in a comfortable fabric one rather than throwing a small fortune away on endless disposable ones.
 

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While I absolutely despise having to wear a mask, as it's the only realistic means for me to be able to go anywhere beyond a 3 to 5-mile radius of where I live due to not having a driving license, I have no choice but to use the train for my leisure travel. I did travel from Arlesey to Great Yarmouth during the summer last year, having to wear a mask throughout the journey, so I could manage a similar length journey in the future if the mandate remains for the summer.
 

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No real problems with it for me assuming I have somewhere / something to do. While I don't like wearing them and only where them when mandated the level of intrusion is pretty minimal for me - I know this isn't the case for everyone so am somewhat lucky in that regard.

I also think the reason for travel is important here - I travel as a means to get somewhere / attend something I find interesting. The physical act of traveling really doesn't interest me. I can definitely see how if the travel itself is a significant part of the leisure activity then the mask would be a real detriment
 

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When I was in Italy last October you had to wear a mask outside as well - just be thankful that never happened in the UK.

Amazing how may cigarettes I smoked when removal was permitted for a quick burn.

With regards to travel you just have to play it smart.

Flying over and back I hardly had my mask on due to quaffing the complimentary Highland Park BA kept forcing down my throat and enjoying the complimentary catering. Same in the Lounge prior to boarding.

On a Train in 1st Class with the catering freebies you can avoid wearing a mask for most of the journey - amazing how long a drink can last, like a old man nursing a half of mild in a Pub. Even in Cattle just bring your own as it's a permit to remove your mask.
 

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It's amazing how much more comfortable it is if you invest in a comfortable fabric one rather than throwing a small fortune away on endless disposable ones.

Strangely having not gotten on with the blue disposable ones at all initially I found as I got used to them that actually they're far more comfortable for me in a job that requires a lot of talking etc, provided you don't get a crap one that has sharp glue points sticking out or whatever. I have my own for travelling about and shopping where they're just sitting on my face though.
 

TheAlbanach_

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I’ll be happy to see the back of them, but wear them when required. But anyway, they are pointless as soon as you take them off, so If people take them off for a drink/something to eat then what’s the point in wearing them at all? I just don’t get it.
 

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Absolutely. There's a lot of cutting off of noses to spite faces here.

Why is there. So I want to make a journey; I can either (1) go by train and have to wear a mask, or (2) go by car and not have to wear a mask. Option 2 is probably more comfortable, cheaper and quicker.

In what way is choosing option 2 cutting my nose off?

Naturally it’s a different matter for those who don’t have a car, as it may be a case of not making the journey at all - but then again you could always just do something else.
 

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Strangely having not gotten on with the blue disposable ones at all initially I found as I got used to them that actually they're far more comfortable for me in a job that requires a lot of talking etc, provided you don't get a crap one that has sharp glue points sticking out or whatever. I have my own for travelling about and shopping where they're just sitting on my face though.
Same here, much easier to be understood/heard but if travelling on days off prefer my own non disposable ones as I'm not generally talking as much!
 
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