Quarantine post holiday

"I found it astonishing that if you do pass your paperwork to staff in England airports you can there carry on home ,and you isolation only starts when you get to your address" 

And your alternative proposal is........? 

And it's UK or British airports BTW not just English. 

And the same for family members Alicante to heathrow yesterday Not asked where from no one asking for papers Same as it used to be but fewer passengers. 

Here we go, I'll get my popcorn. It's about to kick off 😆😆

Only joking........

Castleman, Movington is one of the Forums Devils Advocates , and true to his name as a Devil, he sometimes speak with a Forked tongue. 😀

LeckyLes 

I haven’t been near an airport in months and like the rest of you expect that quarantining should mean NO ENCOUNTER WITH ANYONE IN THIS COUNTRY. However, that can't happen easily but it could be. The problem arises when people leave their home airport and have to make their way home. Do they travel on public transport? Stop off for fresh food in their local shop? Take the bus to the airport car park?  Probably all of these but the number of people encountered will be minimal and can be tracked. Should we continue with life and be carrying the virus, we would naturally encounter masses of people , day and daily. By being quarantined, less people will become victims to the virus. That’s the idea anyway so let us all do what we are asked and in due course, all will be well... again,I add hopefully. 

My wife and me returned to Manchester airport from Alicante last Tuesday and it was horrendous.  Three planes had arrived at approximately the same time and because my phone did not work, it took an hour and 15 minutes to get through the boarder controls. The authorities insisted information was completed electronically. Even those who had completed the electronic form, had two quques to clear, so I would estimate an additional 40 minutes to transit the airport. On arrive in Spain two weeks earlier,  I had completed the required forms at home and printed off the "QR" code and just handed this in, however passenger's who had not, just completed the form that was readily available (with pens) and were cleared in 10 minutes. The Spanish have a much more efficient method of transiting passenger's.

Arrived at Manchester airport on Friday from Murcia - nothing was checked we just went through passport control as normal. 

The onus is on you to quarantine. Simple as that.

That said, I am surprised that you didn’t have to complete a form giving your address for the next 2 weeks. The mind boggles!