No prescription charge I live it Wales, it seems there is not a chemist within a prescribed distance so the doctors surgery dispenses the drugs, so no option to use a chemist. And to be frank until covid 19 that was great, even now they have a window open so you don't actually go inside to pick them up, and if you are collecting your own drugs and they recognise you, don't even sign for them. You have a time slot, and so don't really have any physical contact.
But such a small town has it's problems, no delivery service, or collection service, so have to travel 50 mile to get food without contact, we have done it once, Tesco, wife drives to pick up point all pre-paid on line, she pressed button to open boot, they load everything in, then she closes boot by pressing button inside car, and drives off, she did not get out of the car. If she needs to talk she will open roof a tad.
But at 50 mile you want a good amount of shopping, no point of 20 items, you want a boot full, and quantity restrictions mean we are unlikely to want to repeat that in another 3 weeks or a month as simply too costly to travel that far for just a few items, want to do shopping for a month. We do have 3 freezers, and we expect to get snowed in, so we have always held a large stock, that's a way of life in Mid Wales.
Only way we can pick up enough food is our daughter lives in the major town we can shop in over the boarder in England, so she gets a stock in her garage ready for us. We should be on venerable list, but on Welsh list, and have to shop in England, so it does not help.
