To just want to go for a walk

[Fedupmummy88]

Whole household tested positive for covid Christmas Day (Dh, me, dc1 7 years old and dc2 8 months old) luckily we seem to have had relatively minor symptoms (cold and flu like for a few days for me, same for DH for a bit longer, coughs in the children) and now thankfully all feel fine

Dh is now testing negative on day 6 and 7 do is back to work today as per the government guidance. The children are both negative as well.

I however am still testing positive despite having less symptoms than DH and feeling fine since about Tuesday.

Children aren't sleeping well especially the 8 month old and I definitely think it's the lack of fresh air. With school runs they are used to being out on a walk at least an hour a day and now they have barely left the house.

I know it is but would it be totally unreasonable to go out for a short walk through the woods at the back of the house? We live in quite a remote area and rarely see anyone in the woods and I just want to get out. Have no interest in going anywhere else (luckily we had a food shop delivered Thursday and have had family drop anything we need at the door.)

Also feeling sorry for the eldest DC as this is the second Christmas holidays we've been isolating as DH got Covid at the same time last year! It's also my last couple of weeks off before returning to work after maternity leave next week.

I probably won't go out as I'll feel too guilty but just wondered if anyone would in these circumstances?

I doubt anyone is going to demand to see the day 6 and 7 LFTs, won't they be in the bin.

@EmmasMum12

It is against the law and you could be fined if someone reports you

However if you don't think anyone will report you, leave your phone at home and go for a walk somewhere where you won't come into contact with anyone else

That is a bit difficult to report when OP could have tested negative on day 6 and 7 anyway, how are they going to know this

But really, who's going to "report" you. Please tell me, as we enter 2022, we have moved past this pettiness.

I'm not rural btw. We're in a row of houses opposite a playing field that has what I suppose I'd describe as a copse behind it. I had to cross the road AND the playing field to get there. And still didn't meet anyone. In fact I had to walk further and into a busy public area to post our PCR tests!

Probably no one will know and even if they did know, unlikely to report. But the reason I didn't go out even for a walk in the field, was in case someone decided to report me

Ultra cautious. Overly so, I expect.

I can't believe anyone is still asking this. Go for your walk, OP. I would have said (and did do) the same during the first lockdown.

@FunnysInLaJardin

Where I live it is legal to have 2 hours daily exercise if you have covid, provided you avoid other people, and so yes I would go out.

I'm totally with the OP going for a walk but she can't justify on the basis of the law in another country, what a strange justification.

You called a poster a “covid freak”
I find it concerning you don’t regard that a mean comment

God almighty. Go for the walk. Some countries have always just advised avoiding others when outside rather than telling people to stay indoors. People's mental and physical recovery and wellbeing benefits from fresh air exercise and good sleep..its hardly good practice locking sick people indoors for 10 days when they could safely get exercise.

It's not at all a strange justification referencing other countries laws. Its a logical point to show that there are a wide range of responses and other scientific approaches have believed walks outdoors to be safe.

@waterrat

It's not at all a strange justification referencing other countries laws. Its a logical point to show that there are a wide range of responses and other scientific approaches have believed walks outdoors to be safe.

Agreed As long as the country in question has a similar or better rate of hospital admissions

Disclaimer… I would 100% walk irrespective of any other country. Out very early of course and remote. Exactly what I did every day. It turned something unpleasant in to something punctuated by something quite lovely…. 45 min walk with no one around at 5am with my children.

@hamstersarse

I’m on day 6 and have been for a nighttime walk every day from day 3. I haven’t seen anyone for any of them. I also live near woods/ fields.

Last nights was about 5km and I saw no one

I guess my risk was more from being a lone female out in the dark, but those sort of risks don’t matter anymore. @PurpleDaisies will be more concerned about how my covid breath might linger by a tree for 6 hours and infect an elderly person, or something incomprehensible like that

Rubbish. I just think people should obey the law when they actually have covid.

@waterrat

It's not at all a strange justification referencing other countries laws. Its a logical point to show that there are a wide range of responses and other scientific approaches have believed walks outdoors to be safe.

You can't break the law in one country and expect not to be prosecuted because what you did is legal somewhere else. Why do you think that?

Just like it was fine for Scots to come to party on NYE in England but they couldn't party at home and use English rules to get away with it

Logic does come into it, it's the law

* Logic does come into it, it's the law confused*

Yes, imagine the same argument was used during the Nazi Germany era

@Excitedforthefuture

* Logic does come into it, it's the law confused*

Yes, imagine the same argument was used during the Nazi Germany era

BINGO

Logic does come into it, it's the law

What a weird way to justify your actions.

The law doesn't always make sense and shouldn't necessarily just be blindly obeyed. Are people afraid to use their brains nowadays?

The Idea of anyone thinking “logic doesn’t come in to it, it’s the law”

Is so dangerous. It makes you so vulnerable. I will always question. And I will always encourage my children to do so too.

@Excitedforthefuture

The Idea of anyone thinking “logic doesn’t come in to it, it’s the law”

Is so dangerous. It makes you so vulnerable. I will always question. And I will always encourage my children to do so too.

Exactly. It's scary to me that so many people think this way!

@Excitedforthefuture

The Idea of anyone thinking “logic doesn’t come in to it, it’s the law”

Is so dangerous. It makes you so vulnerable. I will always question. And I will always encourage my children to do so too.

The reading skills are lacking today, I clearly said I'd go for a walk, my point is that the law being different in another country wouldn't be an acceptable reason not to be prosecuted in your own country

But, hey, at least all the anti vax Nazi frothers get an outing.

You said

Logic doesn’t come in to it

But if the other country in question was allowing walks within defined parameters AND had a much lower rate of covid

Would you not regard your decision to take a walk within the defined parameters of the other country as “logical”?

@100problems

But really, who's going to "report" you. Please tell me, as we enter 2022, we have moved past this pettiness.

Those that relish the covid chat board on this very site. They live and breathe it

I would find it funny (if it wasn't so scary) that people still can't get their head around the fact that this virus isn't going away and will ebb and flow with the seasons like other viruses. Do you really think it's a good thing for people to have to lock themselves away every time they catch this (mild for the vast majority of people) virus? Forevermore? Despite the fact it is contributing to killing very low numbers now?

You do realise that the majority of people who have the virus won't even realise they have it and therefore won't test? Or don't test because they don't have the luxury of being able to isolate?

The sooner the government do away with the whole testing/isolating nonsense the better.

A quiet walk that doesn’t require you opening multiple gates or fences is absolutely fine. Wear a mask if you want to but it’s not necessary.

For those who things a walk is totally wrong, I can only assume you never ever go 1 mile over the speed limit.

That makes me a freak for thinking you should follow the rules and stay in a few more bloody days!!!??? Selfish idiots I swear to god

Did you catch covid from someone walking in the woods?

A quiet walk that doesn’t require you opening multiple gates or fences is absolutely fine.

There is virtually no evidence of surface transmission so there is no reason why the OP needs to be careful about not touching things.