To walk on nearby moorland as my daily exercise with the kids? (COVID19)

[Krisskrosskiss]

I have seen this drone footage of people going on 'unnecessary' walks shared by the police... and its given me the fear! I dont understand what the people are doing wrong? I thought you were allowed out for exercise once a day? I've been going out for a walk with my kids every day.... we live quite rurally and altho there is a town within walking distance... the other way there is open moorland... I've been avoiding the town and walking up onto the moors...is this wrong or something? I asked on facebook but just got shouted at to 'stay home'... which isnt helpful... I do not have a garden and I have two children under four... if this is going on for months I am going to need to take them for walks. I wouldve thought its safer to go up to the moors rather than down into the town? The government guidlines seem to say its allowed but the police seem to be acting like it's not allowed....

Lake District is 'shut'.

For people who don't know the area, Devils bridge at Kirby Lonsdale always attracts a lot of Middle Aged Men in Leather on a Sunday. The roads in that area can be bad even in normal times.

metro.co.uk/2020/03/27/lake-district-closed-first-time-history-covidiots-wont-stay-away-pandemic-12465352/

It's fine as long as you stick to the footpaths. It's groundnesting bird season, we are hoping that it might be a bumper year for endangered groundnesting birds now that they aren't being scared off their nests by dogs and children running wild everywhere.

It's about the only thing I agree with Chris Packham on.

The non essential driving is also to reduce the risk of contact should you break down, therefore needing a recovery vehicle, having a car accident which could result in hospitalisation, including resources needed to get you there, ambulance, police, recovery vehicles.
On top of that, if no one is allowed to drive apart from essential journeys, it makes policing it a lot easier, than every other car just out for a drive.
It's shit, but there it is. It's also common sense not to drive in case any of the above happen.

The Government has clarified this a little today with a further statement.

This says that people should stay local for their daily exercise.

Still nothing about whether they can drive or not, or how far 'local' means.

DD and I walked the 5 mins from our house to the beach we spent a lovely 2 hours walking and looking for sea glass and saw 1 dog walker on the way back.

I guess perhaps it's to do with people going out on moorland, beaches etc and then becoming injured etc and needing rescuing.