The travel correspondent of The Independent is rarely seen away from his preferred location: a hammock strung between two palm trees. Ideally he will be cradling a glass of Round Rock IPA, because that means he is in Barbados.
That amber nectar is currently out-of-bounds because the Caribbean islands is, inexplicably, on the “amber list,” from which quarantine is required.
So instead Simon Calder took an hour out of his hectic schedule to answer your pressing travel issues live.
This is the compilation of the key questions and answers.
Traffic light changes
Q: When realistically could Turkey be moved to the “green list”? Anytime within the summer school holidays or even by October half term?
Lisa S
A: Turkey was added to the “red list” on 12 May, requiring hotel quarantine for anyone travelling to the UK.
As a result, it has a mountain to climb for reaching green list status from which there is no self isolation requirement.
First, Turkey needs to move from red to amber. There are rumours – nothing more – that this could happen as soon as the next review of “traffic…
