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After a year when many have faced and are still facing restrictions in aspects of both their social and work life it was great for Guernsey I to be able to donate £1000 to the local charity, Guernsey Cancer Support. Our choice of charity for 2020 was decided when one of our own started his battle with the “Big C” which thankfully he seems to be winning, the group offers one to one and group support to those affected by cancer whether it is the person diagnosed or the family supporting them and after spending a few hours with them at their Christmas party which included various party games it was clearly evident that they have a passion for what they do.

Guernsey I has been lucky in that as an island we have been able to control the effects of the pandemic which, after an initial lock down we have been able to lead a fairly normal way of life with only travel to and from the Island being restricted, as we move into 2021 it looks like it will be more of the same for most of the world and we will remain in our bubble.

Update: Unfortunately our bubble has burst and as from 23/01/2021 we have returned to lock down but looking forward it looks like March 22nd will be the day that this current lock down is lifted and we return to freedom within our Bailiwick bubble.

Guernsey has been Covid – 19 free for 111 days at the time of writing this post which has allowed us to essentially lead normal lives without the need for social distancing and whilst travel off the island has been possible the isolation rules when returning to the island have remained strict and our courts have fined those who deemed it necessary to break those rules (fines of £6000). We have been allowed to visit other islands close by which include Herm, Sark and Alderney and there is an “air bridge” with the Isle of Man who also have no known cases of Covid-19 active at the present time.

Unfortunately Jersey has chosen a different path and has opened their borders to visitors with testing on arrival and at 7 days which has lead to further cases developing in the island which currently stands at 11 and with what appears to be an increase across Europe and the rest of the world it is unlikely that there will be any rest from this virus until a suitable vaccine is produced.

We at Guernsey I hope that all our brothers and sisters stay safe and look out for each other in this difficult time and hope that we can see you on the road soon.

Ride with Pride

Andy ” Jacko” Jackson

Vice President

Guernsey has now been free of any new positive cases of Covid-19 for 48 consecutive days and currently have no one suffering from this aweful virus, on Saturday 20th June 2020 we will see many restrictions within the islands lifted so a sense of normality will return. Unfortunately those wishing to travel to the islands from outside the Bailiwick still have to self isolate for 14 days due to the length of time Covid-19 takes to seed but it does allow us locals to move between the islands of Alderney, Sark and Herm without restrictions.

Whilst we know that we are in quite an enviable position our thoughts are with those that are still under lock down restrictions

Stay safe everyone

The Bailiwick of Guernsey will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of its liberation from the German Occupying forces on May 9th 1945, this will be the first year that the usual celebration of street parties and live events across the Bailiwick as seen in the image above has to be in a “virtual capacity” due to the current pandemic, never the less the meaning remains at the forefront of all islanders both young and old.

Stay Safe everyone

Following our AGM at the back end of 2019 we decided to elect “Guernsey Cancer Support” as a charity to support in 2020, this was an easy decision to make as literally the same week of the AGM one of our founder members was diagnosed with cancer, at present we are running a lottery based fundraiser where numbers are bought and the bonus ball that is drawn each week wins a cash prize. We hope to continue this form of fund raising throughout the year and may choose additional charities every quarter.

Ride with Pride

Jacko

VP