An hour a day?

[MelbaToast]

Is this the amount of time we're allowed outside and where does it come from? I've heard so many conflicting times that I just don't know anymore. One person told me half an hour (barely enough time to leave the house) and a friend just told me as much as you usually do in day (for me that would be 2 hours). I asked my dog walking friends what they thought and it was no clearer. I don't think BoJo and his team have been explicit, have they? I just want to know because whilst I am being really careful, I don't want to get whacked with a fine for being out longer than my allotted time!

because the question here is what the law allows not what should we do to minimise infection. It’s a point of law not epidemiology.

Oh I see. Do you don't care about minimising infection?

Where does the NHS guidance say one hour a day? It's not on their coronavirius page.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

A normal amount of exercise for me at the weekend is a 3-5 hour hike.

Obviously I'm not doing that at the moment but I can walk into countryside from my house and might easily do a shorter walk of 1-2 hours, there's nothing official to say that's not allowed. Similarly anyone training for a marathon is going to need several long runs a week, again OK under the rules.

I despair

I don't think there's any guidance. Michael Gove was pressed and he pulled it out of his arse.

@MadamePewter what do you despair about?

This was a post about what’s allowed by law and has once again been taken over by batshit hysteria and people promulgating their own theories. It’s all over the place on here. But this thread asked for fact not opinion. It’s just never ending

I can't believe I've managed to start an argument over something I was seeking clarity over. I'm pretty sure it's answered my question though, in the fact there isn't a specific answer. I've already cut my walks down to 1 hrs 15 mins once a day so that we can walk to a park he can run properly in and not come across too many people. I think it's a fair amount given the circumstances we're currently in.

NHS guidance states one hour a day outdoor exercise.

Any chance you could link to that?

Once a day. Didn't specify how long

@maddy68 the legislation does not say once a day

the law See number 6

I think common sense here

If you live somewhere you can walk without coming near to people then it's not s problem whether 5 mins, 1 hour, 2 hours.

If you live in a built up area with many more people then you may need to get creative. I hope that one possible good thing out of this will be an increased interest in having decent sized green space in towns and cities etc

The point is not to be too near other people. There is no hard and fast rule that can be applied as different areas are so different in terms of population density etc

I worry about people in built up areas in substandard cramped housing with no balcony etc and where they have closed the parks.

The grassed areas of parks are open but not play areas or car parks.

Therefore there is nothing to stop people in walking distance from using them providing that they can stay at least 2 m away from others.

Some parks in London have been completely closed. In areas with a high number of people living in flats.

It was on the local news last night (London).

What this shows is that some people don't know what is happening in areas outside their own.

Big difference between what the govt have not legally prohibited - yet

and what they and doctors are advising people do, to minimise the spread of the virus

Are pp saying Boris, Gove and the doctors are being "hysterical" / "scaremongering" with their advice ?

One problem is that people circumstances vary so much, obviously the answer is that for the greater good we all have to stick eque2 the rules stop trying to find loopholes for ourselves and stop focusing on the fact that it's unfair that some people by random accident are much more severely affected by this crisis than others are.
Obviously it's down to the government to do the best job possible and to be as fair as possible but they are also having to make it up as they go along and time is of the essence, multiple factors combined to make the situation difficult and complex😖

Maybe confused with other countries - here in France it's an hour for exercise once a day, no more than 1km from home. You have to fill in a form and not the time you left home.

Plus shopping for essentials, no time limit on that, I guess they can't ask you to predict how long the wait is to get into the supermarket.