Are people actually going out?

[allthesharks]

I live on a very quiet close and I've only been out once since lockdown started, to the supermarket, where everyone who was there was allowed to be. I haven't seen anyone flouting the rules, because I haven't been anywhere to witness it IYSWIM. But I've seen so many social media posts urging people to not break the rules, to stay home, to take it seriously etc. Are a lot of people still going out when they shouldn't? Have you witnessed this? Is it just a few people or a fair amount?

I'm sticking with the rules which means I do take a walk everyday - apart from yesterday when I delivered food to my 90yr old Dad's door and waved at him across the car park. Walking does involve a lot of swerving to avoid people. I seem to go with my kids on alternate days but we are very careful to walk single file when we are near other people and not to touch anything. Round my way most people seem to be observing the rules but I think the parks and woodlands could be very busy at the weekend. Occasionally I have seen teenagers who don't look like they are related hanging around together.

I’ve been for a walk from the house every day - generally for 30 minutes but sometimes longer. I see cyclists, runners and some walkers along there. We all move appropriately when someone comes nearer.

Last went to a shop about 10 days ago - DH went on Monday. He’s going to one tomorrow.

Two children are 16 and 14 and neither has gone very far from the house for about a fortnight.

I don’t know what it’s like nearby as we're on a road with a small row of houses so not much to see. Will ask DH what it’s like when he’s been out tomorrow.

I’m in Zone 2 London. By the time everyone in the vicinity has gone out for a daily walk or run, and/or a trip to the shops (on foot rather than by bus, so more bodies on the pavement) and all the essential workers have gone to work and back and their children have gone to school and back and everyone who’s delivering stuff to their self-isolating neighbours has dropped round to them and various people have been to the pharmacy to collect prescriptions and to the post office to post a parcel and to the DIY store to get a replacement valve for the toilet then that’s a lot of bodies on the street. No-one needs to be doing anything wrong to fill the pavements.

My elderly mother told me two of her friends are still going out shopping every day and having their grown up sons come for dinner after they’ve been to work. Also an aunt and cousins who still mix and all live in different houses. They seem to think they can’t catch anything because they are related.
There’s considerably less people and cars around my town but mainly pensioners out and about and boy racers. No police anywhere.

I’m sticking to the rules but still out and about loads!

Everyone in our immediate area seems to be sticking to it, I've not seen any neighbours with visitors etc but DH works for a breakdown company and almost every customer he (and all of his colleagues) have had this week have been out for stupid reasons.. he's come home fuming every night that people are so reckless / stupid.

To be fair all these stories about the elderly going about their normal business is just natural selection. It will get some of them eventually, they will pay a price for their naivety and refusal to comply. Maybe not this wave but certainly the second one. 😐

We go out for a long walk every single day, even when there were hailstones a few days back. It breaks up the day, seems to make it go by quicker. We always go to quiet places and respect the rules about keeping away from other people. Other people we have encountered have been respectful too. I'd be struggling physically and mentally if I didn't get out for some fresh air every day.
One of us goes out once a week to get the food shopping done.

Me & DP are definitely sticking to the rules. We live semi-rurally, on the edge of a village. I go out once a day for a proper walk (I did 10k today), well away from other people. DP goes out on his bike, alone. One of us goes out to shop for food once a week, maintaining strict social distancing. Life is tedious, to put it mildly, but needs must...

We are following rules but getting out running, biking, with dog etc. We live rurally and could easily flout the rules by getting out more but we are strict because it is doing the right thing and is also modelling correct behaviour to our teenagers who are finding it difficult even thought they have each other. I am seeing a rise in teenagers out in pairs over the last few days.

Some people give the impression that we shouldn't be leaving the house at all. That isn't true. An open park might be full of joggers but that doesn't mean anyone there is breaking the rules. I've noticed a lot more people out walking and jogging than usual when I go for my walk, but most people try to respect social distancing rules while doing so from what I've seen.

Today I did see two of my neighbours from separate households had visitors. In both cases the visitor stood down the drive away from the front door and had their conversation by shouting back and forth. I thought it was weird to see two of them do that on the same day. I don't think it technically broke any rules, but I don't really understand why they couldn't have just had a phone call. Weird.

Went for a run today (on my own) and saw three different groups of teenagers hanging about in the local park, plus a group of three men on bikes sitting and having a beer by the side of the river.....

@JustInCaseCakeHappens

it's hilarious that families who were content going from their car to their sofa to watch a screen, even putting tv in their toddler's bedroom!, all these families suddenly MUST go for a "daily exercise".The government should have imposed restrictions much sooner, for decades people have been told to stop eating crap and move, the minute they can't, they are out!

Oh ffs.

It's not rocket science.

Everybody had SOMETHING to go out for before. They walked their kids to school, they had gym memberships, they went to shopping centres, their kids went to clubs.

All that is gone. OF COURSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T OBVIOUSLY TAKE "daily exercise" ARE DOING IT NOW, IT'S ALL THERE IS!

I despair

I've noticed the numbers of people out and about have increased steadily this week. I work in the centre of a small town, and last week the streets were more or less empty. Today was quieter than a regular Friday, but it was worryingly 'bustling'; far more traffic, couples out shopping together, multi-generational family groups wandering, people jogging along the high street

My road seems quiet most of the time but DH (key worker) said the main roads seem busier after being almost empty for the past 10 days or so. DS took the dog out for a walk today and a woman glared at him simply for being outside!

I took the dogs our for a walk today. There was noone anywhere Even the houses were quiet. No music or any signs of life. Felt very strange

We (me, my dog, DS who is 3 and mom - who's in lockdown with us) go for a 30 mins walk around the block every day with masks and gloves. Dog sniffs, DS on his bike and we walk. Haven't been supermarket since this started but DH goes once a week.

We're going for a walk every day, we are lucky enough to live in a fairly rural area so can wander and not be near others. Did see a few older teens getting together today, which I've not seen before today.

I've only been out to hospital appointments. It was very quiet.

At the beginning of the week, not so much. All quiet on the street.
Yesterday I noticed 2 of my neighbours had family visitors.

Today on my walk there were lots of people out walking and lots standing between cars and driveways chatting, then saw 2 couples walking down the street together. Couple of groups of builders chatting. Lots more activity.
I was wondering if it was because of 'the clap' last night, after it stopped people started doing the rounds and started chatting.
I think there is confusion too as our elderly neighbours said they'd been inside for 3 weeks and started getting too close, then I saw them out today. I think they think it is ok to go out now 3 weeks is up.
It doesn't help with the good weather and everybody's getting fed up.

I haven't been out since before the lockdown aside from the garden and walk in the field behind the house. I suspect lots of people are still either visiting or hosting family which does make me bitter as the DC are missing GPs.

I can't stand the snarkiness about people walking or jogging. Many many people went to the gym, played team sports, rock climbing, rowing etc etc. They can't do these things anymore! So, yes, active people are going for a walk.
I have always walked miles on a regular basis, but lately have noticed more people out and about which is fine as long as they are not too close. CV isn't going to leap on you from a family walking past a few feet away.
Not everyone has a big house, or a garden, and being holed up for weeks in a tiny flat is bad for children's health especially.
This is a marathon not a sprint. People need to stay rational.

I go for a walk every day, usually at the same time and on the same route. Today was much busier than normal out. I think it’s gradually creeping “back to normal” for some people.

@TakeMeOn

Some people give the impression that we shouldn't be leaving the house at all. That isn't true.

I would have been with you on that until tonight's broadcast.

“This advice is not a request – it is an instruction. Stay at home"

...and...

"This weekend is going to be very warm and it will be very tempting to go out and enjoy those summer rays. But please, I ask to remember Aimee and Areema. Please stay at home for them."

... is pretty unambiguous.

Everybody had SOMETHING to go out for before. They walked their kids to school, they had gym memberships, they went to shopping centres, their kids went to clubs.

yes, we are going to believe that people who couldn't walk 5 minutes to school were training for triathlon on the side or were "exercising" in shopping centres and no one, absolutely no one, would ever leave the tv on all day and have kids playing with tablets with the tv in the background all day. This country have been known for its fit, active and healthy population. We are the envy of the rest of the world!

Of course we believe it, of course