cleavers
Moderator
If you are working away, then your travel is "essential for work" in my view, I work with colleagues who are away from home for a week at a time, but they are allowed to travel home, and did so through the first lockdown.Mate - drive home and see your family, they need you and you need them.
It's "essential" they do their week away, don't see why you're different, get your employer to give you a letter to allow you to travel, I have one to allow me to go to work.