Just so I’m clear: no visiting family even if 2 metres away?

[Marypoppins19]

I’m right yes?

CallmeAngelina we coincidentally walked past DD1’s teacher a few days ago. Chatted for a couple of mins from about 5 meters away. Now worried we were being judged from someone’s window!

We are talking regularly with parents and PIL on the phone all are over 75 and my DM is in the very vulnerable category.
We are shopping for them and they get a visit twice weekly usually from my DD as she has nothing else to do or DH as he is on reduced hours. They make sure they remain 2m away dropping the shopping and stepping back, it is then disinfected and brought inside the house with gloves.
A conversation of around 10 minutes is then had in the garden or through glass which is basically a health and wellbeing check.

Before anyone worries about the twice weekly shopping with 8 adults across 3 households to feed it takes 2 trips to buy the essentials within the restrictions

I can not believe people do not understand it's not 'go and see people but stand 2meters away' That is not what the advise is.

DS lives half a mile away, fortunately we have a big garden and long drive. He walked up on his hour’s exercise, which he never takes usually and would have only taken twenty minutes each way anyway, dropped my present at the top of the drive, shouted happy birthday to me, waved and went on his way back home. I went to the top of the drive and collected it. No rules broken and he was further away than the average jogger on my morning walk, about 7 or 8 times further away actually.

Sadly the idiots prevent the responsible being just that.

You can leave the house to help a vulnerable person. I leave my house daily to support my son who can't wash himselfnproperly or cook for himself other than microwave food or shave himself. I went today and changed his bed and made him hot food.
I am there and back and do not go elsewhere. Other times I shop first then call to help him. He lives 8 miles away and so would be terrible for me and him if there was a lockdown.

I'm planning to see my DM on Friday. We're both going grocery shopping in the same store. I walk past her house to get to the store. I'm going to call her from the end of her road, we're walking there on opposite sides of the road so we can have a bit of face to face without being too close, we'll queue the 2m distance apart outside the supermarket, then go our separate ways once we're inside. Neither of us will be making any extra trips out, or going to any place different than if we hadn't coordinated going at the same time. We'll be observing the 2m rule the whole time. I can't see how it's possibly any different to the brief small talk I've been making with strangers on my way to and from the shop, or while waiting to get into the shop. If I thought it was increasing anyone's risk, we wouldn't do it.

there is another reason for leaving your home to support someone with special needs (or words to that effect) so shopping for dm & helping her but did you clean your fomites (? spelling) after you? seriously if you are going to help her this way I would recommend wear gloves/masks/apron to protect her