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LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 07/07/2020 13:50

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Lickyicelollies · 09/07/2020 17:40

Swimming pools opening is fabulous news. I've just ordered smallest lolly a swim fin which was recommended by a pal as she's outgrown her puddle jumper floatation device. We will go to a pool on our Keswick holiday as I don't know when Queen Nicola is opening the pools in the land of Scot. Probably two weeks after England like everything else.

InsaneInTheViralMembrane · 09/07/2020 17:41

Going to loch venechar for a dook tomorrow @Orangeblossom78 - sorry about murdering your dad driving past.

SeagoingSexpot · 09/07/2020 17:44

Yay for swimming pools! Both of mine are major water babies. DS (5) just stayed over with his nanny again after not doing it since Feb and he asked all hopeful this morning if swimming lessons were coming back along with sleepovers. I had to tell him no then, so it's great to be able to reverse myself before the day is even out.

Orangeblossom78 · 09/07/2020 17:46

Have fun Insane if you see an old guy in a wetsuit or running randomly along it could be him. (he is quite eccentric) enjoy Smile

ISaySteadyOn · 09/07/2020 17:47

@TheOrchidKiller

Re swimming & butterfly stroke :

To quote Victoria Wood

"I thought you could get pregnant if you swam the backstroke in the same lane as a boy who'd just swum the butterfly."

Grin
Orangeblossom78 · 09/07/2020 17:48

Oh that is good, I have a discount membership at the council pool and gym so hope that starts again

I used to do aqua aerobics wonder if that will be allowed if everyone spaces out? Maybe but small classes perhaps.

At Christmas, some of the mainly older ladies all wore reindeer antler and snowball head things for the class. Seems like a lifetime ago. and we had Christmas songs.

We did that class till the very week of lockdown.

Teateaandmoretea · 09/07/2020 17:49

And according to ONS the infection rate is 1 in 3700.

I feel like things are starting to get to a point where it will be tolerable.

I saw somewhere though that the Balearics are going to mandate masks everywhere including on the beach. That’ll make them a popular holiday destination....

Orangeblossom78 · 09/07/2020 17:50

I notice Nicola is letting several households together in one house, overnights too...she is a funny one, tries to be more cautious but then doing stuff like that Confused

could be a super spreader event

Orangeblossom78 · 09/07/2020 17:53

The culture secretary said the government would stop short of making face coverings mandatory in gyms.

Good

Willow2017 · 09/07/2020 17:56

Went down into local town for 1st time in a couple of weeks. Signs round lamposts about SD! Signs at narrow bits telling you to keep to the left! What a waste of money seems people can't tell thier left from right.

Went to 'my' Cafe Nero and it was empty apart from 1 other couple and thier dog. It's a dog friendly cafe but they asked if it was still ok to bring it in! Wtf? As if i am gonna catch it from a dog lying under a chair 5 feet away!

I am not sure how I feel about it. I loved going there every week at least once for a coffee and the best pain au raisin anywhere and losing myself in a book for half an hour. It was my sanity saver😄

And yes it was nice to feel semi normal but they arent using proper cups and plates its all takeaway cups and paper bags. There are sugars and stir sticks on the dumb waiter (which in my work we can't do, but we use proper cups and plates, go figure why it's different?) They are not wearing visors behind perspex walls either
But it should have been busy. It should have been some way to normal iyswim. I felt weirdly teary when i left. Like it was almost right but not quite. I think i am losing the plot then think no, it really is all wrong after all these weeks. The infection rate is so low why are we still acting like we are all gonna die if we look at another person for more than 30 seconds?

Went to the town beach. Was going to go paddling in the sea but tide a bit far out and water so grey it was almost black! But some brave souls in with thier kids. The play park was full of kids climbing all over the stuff doing the wooden adventure play park stuff as normal so that was a bonus.
Was going to go down to 'our local beach' later for a paddle but started on a glass of wine, oops can't drive now😄

Hope this makes sense I think i am losing my powers of reasoning due this entire fuck up.

Mascotte · 09/07/2020 17:59

@Willow2017 I so get what you mean.

I'm also doubting my ability to reason and not finding things being open, but weirdly, much fun.

Willow2017 · 09/07/2020 18:00

But did you see the journalist just ask the question that butterfly stroke will not be allowed?
Say what?
Do they try to come up with ridiculous questions just to be fecking noticed?

Orangeblossom78 · 09/07/2020 18:01

Maybe things will improve with time Willow I hope so. I know what you mean, it is similar here too. Maybe the weather doesn't help either.

Mascotte · 09/07/2020 18:02

@Worldgonecrazy

On the masks thread there are people boasting they will secretly film non mask wearers on public transport to shame on social media. Sickening behaviour, I don’t like people much at the nest of times, and the Covid situation has reinforced my dislike.
Sometimes I think my opinion of people can't sink any lower, but it appears it can.
Mascotte · 09/07/2020 18:07

@TrustTheGeneGenie I bet some of it is the apathy generated by COVID, and the worry about giving something to someone in case they're a dementor or catch the virus from it. Glad you have a new job to go to.

@Pleasedontdothat congrats on the job and I too am not going to the hairdresser because if the mask thing. It makes me feel weird and panicky. I shall, of course, keep doing my roots and trimming it.

SpnBaby1967 · 09/07/2020 18:07

I hope this new ruling regarding gyms etc will also include martial arts classes! We currently do ours outdoors but ideally we want to be inside and training as close to normal as possible.

BogRollBOGOF · 09/07/2020 18:10

I'm pleased about the next round of openings in the next few weeks until the reality of the next round of unfeasible guidelines hits Wink

It would be great if the DCs can get swimming again. They're due to move up to stage 3 & 5 but there just haven't been spaces to move them up- in DS1's case in 6 months! He was confidently swimming lengths by the time he finished school swimming in Feb, and I hope that's not been lost as he does struggle to build and retain skills. Our timings are a problem if we can't hang around the leisure centre as we're 30minutes away and the lessons 90mins apart.
I'm not going to hold my breath that the guidelines will be family friendly...

110APiccadilly · 09/07/2020 18:12

To be fair to the journalist, when Swim England put together suggested advice on re-opening pools, they did suggest banning butterfly (I forget why now). I have been following all news on gyms and pools closely!

PatriciaHolm · 09/07/2020 18:16

@SpnBaby1967

I hope this new ruling regarding gyms etc will also include martial arts classes! We currently do ours outdoors but ideally we want to be inside and training as close to normal as possible.
Here - www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/providers-of-grassroots-sport-and-gym-leisure-facilities#section-4-6

Would suggest yes, as it refers to steps to take about classes, etc. Such as putting markers on the floor in a class to ensure SD and avoiding use of shared objects.

TheOrchidKiller · 09/07/2020 18:17

@Willow2017
You make perfect sense. I've felt that same weirdness where I've questioned something like caffe Nero not using washable crockery when the restaurant next door is doing so, & then started to doubt myself.

Same thing happens when I tell other people I've been out & about. I tell them because I had a nice time, because I want people to know how easy & "safe" it is to do everyday stuff, & then I get, "Oh that's nice. But I'm not going to do that, ^it isn't safe."

I feel like I'm being gaslighted.

Like you, I've enjoyed something simple like going out for a cup of tea, then my mood's come crashing down because things aren't quite right.

You are not losing your powers of reasoning.

AnxiousElephant77 · 09/07/2020 18:22

Still can’t get married FEWMING

Nihiloxica · 09/07/2020 18:29

@AnxiousElephant77

Still can’t get married FEWMING
As in you can't even legally marry still?
AnxiousElephant77 · 09/07/2020 18:31

Oh I can get legally married but my dad can’t walk me down the aisle, I have to wash my hands before and after ring exchange, no food, no drinks, no music, and whispered vows.

No thanks.

Willow2017 · 09/07/2020 18:32

Phew glad its not just me then😄😄

AnxiousElephant77 · 09/07/2020 18:32

The ring exchange thing makes me laugh. I mean, he has touched me before, and presumably will later that day Grin