To hire a private field to walk dog and have a sandwich?

[millerjane]

Is this a reasonable or unreasonable thing to do.

2 mile car journey required.

Couple had a sarnie on a blanket whilst the dog "zoomed" around.

Since when has a field been a household?

Since when does daily exercise require a picnic.

Doesn’t require it but how does it increase spread of the virus!?

Since when does a sandwich constitute a picnic?

Thing is, they aren’t actually going to be infecting anyone while in their car. It might technically be a breach but it wouldn’t bother me.

Not seeing the problem personally.

Sounds safer than walking in crowded places!

With regard to unnecessary car travel, generally using the car for this type of purpose would lead to more people needing to fill their cars up with petrol and possible car break downs requiring social interaction. So if everyone made a little exception along these lines the burden would be increased, hence advice to only travel in car if necessary. We have been doing all our exercise from home even if it is busier than normal, for this reason. Only car travel has been for delivering food to those isolating. As has been said, if you’re asking is it okay, it usually isn’t.

@gottogonow - so judgmental! I set off to do my shopping at 8am yesterday morning. Car not moved for four weeks so battery was totally dead.

Husband charged it up and I took my car for a run up and down a dual carriageway to put a bit more power in the battery and also give the wheels a turn. If you knew anything about cars you might know that a vehicle resting on the same area of its tyres for any length of time weakens the tyres and could cause a blow out.

I’m telling you so you can report me to the Stasi. Oh - and I didn’t get my shopping either.

It's a tough one. On the one hand, yes, they shouldn't be travelling in a car to exercise, it's supposed to be near your house. On the other hand, they'll be coming into contact with far less people than at the local park.

With regard to unnecessary car travel, generally using the car for this type of purpose would lead to more people needing to fill their cars up with petrol and possible car break downs requiring social interaction

This getting so old now. When was the last time your car broke down? In my case it was 2012. And mine does 500+ miles to a tank, in normal times I fill up once a month tops.

With regard to unnecessary car travel, generally using the car for this type of purpose would lead to more people needing to fill their cars up with petrol and possible car break downs requiring social interaction My car has moved 3 times in a fortnight, 2 for dog walks. I had half a tank of petrol, I still almost do.

And the last time I broke down was sometime back in the 90s.

As that awful social adage goes - you do you....

It's a tough one. On the one hand, yes, they shouldn't be travelling in a car to exercise, it's supposed to be near your house. On the other hand, they'll be coming into contact with far less people than at the local park

You are allowed to travel a reasonable distance for exercise. The self appointed Covid police need to stop making up their own rules.

Why are people saying no travel between households? They travelled as a household to a fucking field, not someone's house.

I too am amazed that you can hire a field by the hour.
I don’t understand why the needed to take a sandwich with them.
Going to the field seems reasonable, I don’t see the point in the sandwich but that’s how some people want to live their lives.

If you care about the Nhs this seems like a more sensible idea for them than exercising in their usual, busy area.

"I don't see the point in the sandwich " Well I guess one usually eats food when hungry. HTH.

I don’t understand why the needed to take a sandwich with them. Well, I can tell you why we took a picnic. Because we had an hour booked, the dog to play with and it was a nice day.

Nobody else could use the field during our booking time. The dog got exercised, we had an hour of almost normality. It was very pleasant. We're going again tomorrow, probably with another picnic!

Well I guess one usually eats food when hungry.

Yes, but I don’t find driving to a field so strenuous that I need a sandwich to recover.

I’m sure they didn’t eat because the drive was strenuous. 🙄

But because they’d booked and paid for the field, and they decided to enjoy the nice weather and fresh air by having a picnic.

Is that really that difficult for you to comprehend?

But I thought it had been established that it wasn’t a picnic.

Well a sandwich outside then.

For the enjoyment of it not because the drive was strenuous.

But I thought it had been established that it wasn’t a picnic. OPs wasn't. MIne most certainly was, and shall be again!

Lol some people must surely be trolling...

No one is that stupid.

Oh wait...many people evidently are.

This getting so old now. When was the last time your car broke down? In my case it was 2012. And mine does 500+ miles to a tank, in normal times I fill up once a month tops.
I am 58 years old and I have never had a breakdown.

As far as the sandwich is concerned some people seem to have an issue with people actually enjoying the time they spend outside. Wear your own sackcloth and ashes, don't expect others to comply with your views.

What is wrong with sitting alone in a field eating a sandwich? Whether you personally would are not is irrelevant. If someone else wants to, why shouldn’t they?