So much snobbery and smugness round here. Yes some people chose to go to Spain in the pandemic (once worst of first wave was over and were given green light from govt). That is their affair and no-one else’s business. Not everyone has a Cornish bolthole.

Moreover some of these holidays will have been booked last year. Given govt had given green light they may have faced losing the money. A lot of people have worked very hard during this crisis, don’t get much holiday a year and this was it. Who can blame them.

Like, I can’t help but feel there would be a different reaction from some quarters if this were say France and Provence rather than Spain and the costas.

We also talk about all of this as if its just holidays. Britain is home to people from all over the world, including 125,000 Spaniards. Some will doubtless have availed themselves of the first opportunity to visit relatives they’ve not seen for a long time.