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It's a fair point, if a tricky one to satisfactorily answer. Those of us lucky enough to be Tier 1 will effectively be more restricted across those 5 days in some ways.

It’ll be very hard to judge either way - given the counter balances of the existing tiering system, mass testing, the beginning of vaccination of the most vulnerable, etc.

Yup, agreed. Many won't though. Some service stations don't allow pay at pump, also. However my point is that there are numerous examples where obeying the spirit of the law is actually safer than obeying the letter of the law, in regards Coronavirus guidance.

Absolutely. Hence, your Dad should probably head up on the 22nd. When bending the rules is done precisely to lower risk, I can't personally see the issue.

Really not wanting to sound smug (been wrong many times before, will be many times ahead) but I'm baffled by the sheer number of people who don't seem to get the logic, and keep "black-or-white"ing what is a very, very nuanced situation. As you may recall, I'm no fan of this Tory Government...

Again, re: how going with spirit of the law rather than letter of the law can help; It's not against the rules to use service stations on the way up. However, if I'm heading to Nottingham on the 23rd, places like Cobham will be absolutely HEAVING. Therefore, I will apply the spirit of the law...

I suspect something along those lines will come again around February-March to coax people back out of hibernation.

This. No issue spreading 2k out across a 9k stadium.

Now in a massive argument with some mates over Messenger after one asked how everyone was interpreting the rules. Anyone else had similar "Letter of the Law vs Spirit of the Law" arguments with friends or family?

Many read far too much into the specifics of the rules IMO. All about the spirit of the law, not the letter of it. Again, IMO.