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Timelord 29th Jan 2020 13:57

Brits returning from China to be quarantined in a “Military Facility”
 
Ok, so you have just been on a very long flight from China and you are going to be quarantined for two weeks in a military base. Where do you fancy? No room at Akrotiri I suppose!

pasta 29th Jan 2020 14:14

If Akrotiri's not an option, what's Ascension like at this time of year?

Edit: if you find yourself on a coach to Porton Down, be very afraid!

ORAC 29th Jan 2020 15:14

Room for 300 evxuees plus staff, isolated, and not currently very busy. Kinloss?

Timelord 29th Jan 2020 15:20

Apart from the imminent arrival of the first P8s!

sittingstress 29th Jan 2020 15:28

I have heard MPA is rather attractive at this time of year and could be most conducive to a period of enforced rest :)

cafesolo 29th Jan 2020 15:29

Anyone had a hot tip from Netley ?

NutLoose 29th Jan 2020 15:49

Any at Linton?

Timelord 29th Jan 2020 16:05

Got it! HMS Prince of Wales, 100 miles off Cape Wrath.

Dannyboy39 29th Jan 2020 17:09

So who got the short straw to operate the charter?

langleybaston 29th Jan 2020 17:49

I assume that, having been in close proximity to the pax, the cabin crew [at least] might well need a fortnight at HM Pleasure somewhere salubrious.

sittingstress 29th Jan 2020 17:54

Cracked it. Wattisham, the current incumbents are somewhat grubby and infected with all sorts anyway or so I am led to believe :)

diginagain 29th Jan 2020 18:09

Brize's salubrious 'Gateway House' currently gets a three-star rating on Trip Advisor, and is just a short bus-ride from the Voyager steps. Is there still some residual COLPRO expertise in the RAF Regt?

Or are they looking for a military facility?

Timelord 29th Jan 2020 18:17


Originally Posted by Dannyboy39 (Post 10674729)
So who got the short straw to operate the charter?

You mean the short straw inside the respirator that you drink through?

sittingstress 29th Jan 2020 18:53


Originally Posted by diginagain (Post 10674765)
Is there still some residual COLPRO expertise in the RAF Regt?

I left the RAF Regt 12 and a bit years ago and have a fair bit of COLPRO experience and am more than happy to provide the service for the commensurate rate. I will of course provide all the poly sheeting walls sealed with bodge tape and drip trays full of Fuller's Earth. Currently I am employed wearing a pointy dark blue hat and I am certain the next "grow" I attend can donate the ducting and filtration equipment, our crims only use the finest. My username gives away my last role in the forces and as an added bonus I will be more than happy to give the evacuees the full practical experience if they so wish. I believe I am value for money and I await the phone call from MOD. :)

air pig 29th Jan 2020 20:15

Macrihannish or Benbecula but Gruinard is still free, just drop tents and food.

SirToppamHat 29th Jan 2020 21:10

Saxa Vord?
 
How about Saxa Vord? The old messing facility is now marketed as the Saxa Vord Resort, run mostly as a kind of up-market hostel with centralised feeding. They could even be given freedom to roam to some extent. A couple of weeks bad weather and people wouldn't want to go out even if they were able! It's off season at the moment, so a quick call top the owner ought to seal the deal.
https://www.saxavord.com/

It even has its own gin distillery:

https://www.shetlandreel.com/

I wouldn't want to leave!

Wensleydale 29th Jan 2020 21:14

You could get them to do Orderly Officer!

NutLoose 29th Jan 2020 21:22

A ship does sound ideal, requisition / hire a cruise liner, chuck them on that for a couple weeks in relative comfort with medical support, it's isolated but in a pleasant way.

wiggy 29th Jan 2020 21:36


Originally Posted by NutLoose (Post 10674903)
A ship does sound ideal, requisition / hire a cruise liner..

Nah....given previous history its more likely to be a converted rather smelly car ferry rather than a cruise liner..

Ahoy there any fellow Rangatira survivors.....

;)

Union Jack 29th Jan 2020 21:47


Originally Posted by NutLoose (Post 10674903)
A ship does sound ideal, requisition / hire a cruise liner, chuck them on that for a couple weeks in relative comfort with medical support, it's isolated but in a pleasant way.

But surely that sounds too risky - they might catch something *really* nasty!

Jack



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