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?

Of course you can go for a walk where there's no-one around. Not to shops or in the town, but a country walk? Absolutely yes.

The BBC news was telling us you are at your most infectious 2 days before you get symptoms and in the first 3 days you are ill. After that, less so. So by now the worst will be over, and no risk if you are somewhere away from people.

i would wearing a mask but only if I was absolutely sure I wouldn't be seeing anyone.

We went out every single day when isolating

5am the alarm went off
Out the door at 5.15
Back by 6

It was bliss

@CremeEggThief

Well I'm sure most people would agree it's harder isolating as a single person than with a family, girlmom. In my case, I am a single person with mental health issues and sometimes unhealthy coping mechanisms. Yet I still managed to do the right thing and not bend the rules, so yes, I would expect others to do the same.

I don't know any parents who would agree, I have discussed it with my own adult children who have had to do it. They would see isolating with 2 young children as torture.

If I was rural I definitely would. I am struggling massively stick in our tiny city house. Go definitely you will not meet anyone and you can stay well away if you do.
Being locked up like this is very severe and I actually think very unnecessary but like you OP I'm too much of a rule follower to feel comfortable breaking.
In ROI its 10 days regardless of tests and my dd who is the only one testing negative has to restrict movements for 17days. Once we are out of isolation I can take her out for a walk as while negative she's still allowed out to exercise.

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

i would wearing a mask but only if I was absolutely sure I wouldn't be seeing anyone.

You'd wear a mask on a walk in the woods, the world's gorn mad

I have followed all the 'rules'. But under these circumstances I would go for a walk, wearing a mask and keeping to the least used path.

And you can bet your bottom dollar that half the Cabinet would do the same. The rules are there to address the lowest common denominator.
Yes we have to follow them, but they are there to stop people being selfish and spreading a virus. Applying common sense and putting your mental health needs on your agenda are both completely within reason.

As a PP said, general opinion is shifting and the difference between those who are moving on and those still in a "March 2020" mindset is getting wider.

I went for a long daily walk when I had it

Had a couple of police cars zoom by me for an RTA, then I saw them drive back

Didn't get arrested

I have been really ill over Xmas but with a negative test but DH has been fine but with a positive test (tested for dental appt) and he has taken our dog out for a walk in the woods at the back of our house every day .
He saw someone once about 200yards away but that’s all

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

i would wearing a mask but only if I was absolutely sure I wouldn't be seeing anyone.

😂😂😂

If you go down to the woods today you better remember your mask 😂

Get your hazmat suit on Beth

@TooWicked

Woods at the back of your house where you hardly see anyone - yes absolutely I would.

I would too. Illegal or not, if you won't see anyone else, or only from a distance, there's no harm.

(and ignore all the MNers who come on saying what happens if you have an accident and need the emergency services - highly unlikely)

You can’t if you are positive

If you dh and the kids are testing negative they can so he takes them

@Chloemol

You can’t if you are positive

If you dh and the kids are testing negative they can so he takes them

Of course she can!! Stop the silliness!

Go for the walk. If OP somehow gets caught then that’s on her. “But it’s illegal” so are many things, we can’t pick and chose which laws are ok for us to break.
My mental health suffered far more from the isolation than my body did from the Covid. Go get some fresh air and Vit D.

Just go! It's not like you're hosting a cheese and wine party indoors.

@Chloemol

You can’t if you are positive

If you dh and the kids are testing negative they can so he takes them

She's probably not still positive though. My poor dad tested positive for almost a month after he stopped having symptoms.

Has anyone else noticed how every time this thread is started the poster lives near a woods or surrounded by deserted fields? Does no one who lives in a normal street every get covid or is it only country folk who think they need permission from strangers to go out?

😂😂😂

I always thought this too!!

I live in Cornwall literally in the middle of nowhere (no shop or buses) and there’s still no woods or deserted fields near me.

I think it’s more tempting to go for a walk when you have easy access to somewhere quiet. I live in a medium sized town but still have a quiet woodland behind my house.

Covid comes through the door and common sense goes through the window seemingly.

Go for a walk OP.

I don’t have woods near me, wish I did! I’ve just been walking around the streets spreading my germs absolutely everywhere. It’s unfortunate but it is what it is.

All the people saying “what if you have an accident and need an ambulance?” … well what if I fall downstairs at home and need an ambulance? Same thing, surely?

I can actually step outside the door and into the woods, well give or take 20 ft.

Actually, some of you might be right- it may have been even harder for me, if 19 year old DS, who refuses to get vaccinated, doesn't wear a mask and thinks it's funny watching videos of Chris Whitty being assaulted had been here with me...Yeah, MUCH harder than isolating with young kids.

@user1477391263

Well I'm sure most people would agree it's harder isolating as a single person than with a family, girlmom.

Tell me you don't have children, without telling me that you don't have children...

100%. She's even coming at me with this when I've already said I'm isolating with a baby and a toddler. I'm clearly lucky I've got company

Just want to clarify, I am in no way belittling the struggles of single people who live alone during this pandemic. It's been a shit time for everyone. Living alone during the last two years has brought its own difficulties. I particularly feel sad for women who do want children but who may well end up missing their fertility window as a result of the restrictions.

But yes, if we're talking about a period of isolation at home, doing it with a couple of young kids is much harder, hands-down.