The harbour town totally untouched by COVID finds itself in Tier 2

This is the first time considering that the lockdowns began – 8 long months ago – that we’ve filmed someplace that’s still totally untouched by COVID-19

In the harbour town of West Bay, the 13,000 homeowners have actually handled to not register a single case of coronavirus

A miracle, excellent prevention, location or luck? Probably a mix.

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Restaurant owner Richard Cooper states most of people were ‘persuaded’ the harbour town would be Tier 1

The town lies in the far west of Dorset – a county which has a rate of around 65 cases per 100,000 and reducing.

However despite its tidy record, this tourist hotspot is preparing to emerge from lockdown not in Tier 1, as lots of locals had actually expected – however in the harder Tier 2.

” Over the months, all of us have actually been 2nd guessing what was going to occur and I think all of us without exception were persuaded we ‘d be Tier 1,” said Richard Cooper, owner of the Increase restaurant.

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Many residents expected the harbour town to be in Tier 1

Christmas reservations of mixed households will now need to be cancelled.

Richard’s aggravation was echoed around the harbourside.

One bar property owner was too angry to speak to us, angry that they will not get the bumper Christmas drinking trade they ‘d hoped for.

Another woman, who didn’t desire to be called, wasn’t pleased.

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This female, who did not wish to be called, says she is ‘upset’ and is unsure what else can be done to limit COVID-19 in West Bay

She said: “Angry. I’m angry. Will it alter prior to Christmas? Have we got to try hard for two weeks? I don’t understand. How can we attempt harder? We don’t go anywhere apart from here, strolling round the harbour.”

We stroll past the boats and find fisherman John Worswick dumping his catch of sole.

” I think we have actually been lumped in with possibly Bournemouth and Poole, and I expect that’s the just huge location here with any sort of cases.

Tier 2 locations like West Bay will be hoping that at the first evaluation on 16 December the location will move down.

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Angler John says despite the restrictions he feels a ‘fortunate male’ for still having his health