It probably depends where you are travelling from - if you are coming from an infected area, you'll be steered through the cordon via disinfecting baths and asked to remove and disinfect your footwear. Taking raw meat and dairy products out of the country will also be refused.

Main roads were perfectly passable - Manitas and I travelled from London to Whitby in March 2001 (the height of the panic) and only saw a disinfecting bath when we got to the Yorkshire Moors. In Devon and Dorset the disinfecting mats were a bit more frequent and many more roads were restricted - but they rely on the farming industry a bit more than the M1 or London. Just don't be taking silly detours or thinking 'it won't affect me'. That sort of behaviour got it spread all across the country last time.

LTS