It’s a global pandemic, not fucking Christmas

[Therollockingrogue]

So please , please , stop coming to cycle and meet your friends in the town squares of rural communities.
Stop going for long walks in the country in massive groups of extended family .
Those of us that live in these tiny communities are painfully aware of the difficulties of getting to a&e in an emergency ALREADY.
We know everything g about bed shortages, and we did BEFORE this.
In my rural commmunity today, there are no parking spaces outside my house. Every one is taken by whole groups of extended families who have come for a bit of fresh air .
Fuck the fuck off.
Seriously .

It’s so worrying how people aren’t ignoring the advice- I went for a socially distanced walk round the park with the kids earlier & there were gangs of kids in the park hanging out. Keep your bloody kids inside or supervise them to ensure they don’t go near anyone else!

How many people need to die before everyone starts to understand how serious this is?

I live in a very pretty rural hamlet. We've had more walkers through today than I've ever seen before!!

Give it two more weeks and people will start paying attention and while the mourn the death of a loved one they’ll be furious about the government not forcing them to stay in.

Yes....
so many walkers here.
Many many kids meeting up but mostly groups of middle aged men (doing their hobby) mingling around looking for food and drinks.
Plenty of older people walking on the hills, very little social distancing going on when they’re all in groups with their kids etc.

I think some people don’t understand the social distancing, but on the other hand I am currently in isolation, as are other family members. Once our isolation time is up we plan to only visit one another and so a countryside walk as a group of people who have all done two weeks of isolation shouldn’t be posing a risk to anyone. That said we all live in the countryside so will just be heading down our own lanes, not to anywhere deemed a tourist walkers hotspot. Basically, I think people on mumsnet need to keep their nose out of other people’s business. A household going for a walk together where they don’t sit/touch anything is not a risk.

Tired you may have self isolated but without a positive test how do you know if you have had the virus. Meeting up with others will potentially expose you to the virus when your immune system is still compromised from the infection you are recovering from. One thing we do know is Corona likes weak immune systems.

Tired
Have a look at the pictures of the Yorkshire dales today. Shoulder to shoulder

Agree that social distancing doesn't mean self isolating. Going out for a walk or a cycle with people you already live with, proving you stay a safe distance from other people, won't really increase the risk

But massive amounts of people descending on rural places?! It’s awful for the people that live in these tiny communities that are already struggling for healthcare resources.

You may have to self isolate several times over the next few weeks until they roll out an antibody test. Even then if some in your household haven’t sero converted you will still have to protect them.
It would be so much easier if this virus left a huge blue spot in the middle of our foreheads then we would know who to avoid.

I toon the dog to the beach last night and this morning. Usually, unless it's a really nice day, you could be at least 100 yards away from anyone for the duration of your walk. Last night it was packed, including a group of around 50 teenagers drinking and lightg bonfires. Today it was absolutely full of families out with their children. One child running toward me while it's mother shouted "keep your jacket on, you've got the cold"! Just a holiday for everyone really.

I understand what you're saying about not taking social distancing seriously, and agree that everyone should be taking it seriously for the benefit of the whole country.

I don't really understand how day trippers walking in your area with extended family are going to out more strain on the hospitals in your particular area though . Unless they breathe their germs on a local, or break their leg.. If they or their extended family get coronavirus they'll be going to their own hospital, surely?

We just came back from a walk. Apart from a group of teenagers everybody was keeping their distance. Fresh air, exercise and vit D are all important.

"Once our isolation time is up we plan to only visit one another and so a countryside walk as a group of people who have all done two weeks of isolation shouldn’t be posing a risk to anyone. "

will any of you be going to the shops, or to work? will you remain other wise isolated

here your logic fails

Everyone's still in the phase of looking for a loophole. I don't blame them.

Basically, I think people on mumsnet need to keep their nose out of other people’s business. A household going for a walk together where they don’t sit/touch anything is not a risk.

My thoughts exactly. We have been in isolation for a whole week now. People are underestimating the impact of fresh air on mental heath. A walk is really not a problem if distance is maintained.

Social distancing does not mean you cannot go for a walk. Common sense is needed and mental health needs to be considered, particularly for those who are already lonely or vulnerable mentally like the elderly and those with MH issues.

We went for a socially distant walk in the woods near our house. Big woods, many acres. The weather was fairly good today, but seriously I don't think I have ever seen so many people tramping through those woods. Mostly the groups were sensible about keeping at least 2 metres between us, but sometimes it was hard with narrow woodland footpaths.

At one stage a family with a large collection of uncontrolled children showed up to the spot where DDs had paused to play, and everyone kept swarming around us whilst we shuffled around trying to keep 2 metres apart. Then one of the children, whilst orbiting erratically closer and closer to me, emitted a series of loud hacking coughs in my direction. Not a world of restraint from any of the adults in the group at any time.

We left and rushed home to scrub ourselves.

Dh and I were having a similar conversation today regarding our privately maintained park.
All the residents pay a huge amount for the upkeep and maintenance. However it isn't locked so others can access it and do.
No doubt it will start to attract youths once schools are closed and I'm dreading it. I won't want to walk around it and yet I pay for it.
Residents are in discussion with the maintenance company as for the best course of action.

They're off work and school though dahling. They expect to have fun during such times.

God, yes, OP, same here.
Rural area, bit of a picnic/walking destination, but generally extremely quiet. Said to the family yesterday, ‘well at least we won’t be bumping into many people round here’.
Cut to this morning and the place is fucking SWARMING. I have never, ever seen so many cars, bikes, kids, dogs - people everywhere, cars double parked, it was like living in the middle of the sodding O2..
Now I’m fearful we’re going to be under siege for the next 3 months every time there’s a glimpse of sunshine.
I know people are trying to follow advice and get out in the fresh air, but if everyone does it at the same time in the same place it completely defeats the object of social distancing. Seriously, if the car park is full, please go away - don’t park halfway up a verge and squeeze yourselves into the bloody throng.

Social distancing does not mean you can’t go for a walk. Of course not. Walk round your OWN block. Do not drive up to the local beauty spot an hour from your densely populated city and spread your germs. EVERYONE has the same idea.

Social distancing does not mean you can’t go for a walk. Of course not. Walk round your OWN block. Do not drive up to the local beauty spot an hour from your densely populated city and spread your germs. EVERYONE has the same idea.

Yes. We've been walking locally. Pleasant, not exciting. Ruralish. Usually we drive somewhere nicer (we are within an easy day trip of more than one National Park) but it seemed like a bad idea. We came across - at a distance - a few neighbours doing likewise. People crossing roads with a rueful wave.

I agree - I've been going for a walk every day. It's just on residential roads near my home. Hardly see anyone, just the occasional person walking, standing at a bus stop or running. It's not exciting but it serves its purpose of exercise in the fresh air.

Too many people seem to think it's a hoax/joke.
On Thursday I was stood behind a man standing very close to a woman and her teenage daughter, they asked him to move back, actually said can he give them some social distance, he responded laughing saying it was all a hoax. Luckily the woman and daughter were able to move to the side away from him. He turned around and rolled his eyes at me. Normally I would have said something to him but this time I didn't because I didn't want to get engaged in a conversation with him, just wanted to pay for my stuff and go. I don't know how to react to some people anymore.