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Are you in Yorkshire

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GingerRodgers18 · 20/04/2020 13:24

Sorry blatantly posting for traffic.

If you're in Yorkshire can you recommend anywhere we can drive to (since we are now allowed apparently) for a socially distanced walk with a toddler?

I've given up near us and haven't been any further than the garden in a week (DH has on his own though), we live on greenbelt but in a quite densely populated village/suburb and it's like bloody Piccadilly circus. No chance of social distancing really, this is in part due to the nature of the area - lots of single track farm paths and then roads which only have pavements on one side, but we also have a lot of idiots who don't understand social distancing. Apparently since they said you could drive it's got even busier with people driving and parking all over the pavements - this was reported to me by DH.

We've kind of thought well if you can't beat em.......I want to social distance though 100% and certainly don't want to piss residents off so can't be close to houses/residential areas, and ideally needs to be a vast or really large open space and with lots of places to park spread out so you could park away from other cars safely and without obstructing anything - Ideally in North or West Yorks.

Wracking my brains but can't think. We don't really go further afield unless its the coast or National Trust as plenty of family walks on our doorstep.

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SquitMcJit · 21/04/2020 11:25

This really isn’t a good idea. Asking for recommendations means that potentially thousands of people will be reading this and thinking that they too can just travel a bit to one if these suggested areas.

It is really hard for everyone right now and definitely for those with young children. But you say you have a garden, can you not just make do as best you can with being out in your own space and taking local walks at different times?

If everyone starts travelling more because that’s how they have interpreted the guidelines then that is also more cars on the roads and therefore more potential for accidents and breakdowns and also the need to stop and buy petrol.

LadyPenelope68 · 21/04/2020 12:30

OP literally described herself when she wrote about "idiots who don't understand social distancing"
Stay at home. It's really that simple. Nothing has changed. There are no new rules.

This exactly! Walk from your home, not every route can possibly be so crowded, what a stupid comment. Do what others are doing and don't try and "interpret" the guidance to make yourself feel better about basically having a trip out.

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