Am I being a complete idiot? Help me see the issue

[quicknamechangearoonie]

My issue is exercise.
The guidance is so bloody murky. Conflicting advice all over the show.
Police in England publicly shaming people for taking their dog a walk in the Peak District.

Now, if these people had "decamped" to their second home in the Peaks, putting unnecessary strain on the shops and resources, fell ill and had to be taken to hospital there (again, putting extra strain on resources that hadn't accounted for these extra numbers), then I certainly see the issue. Also, the potential of bringing the virus with them when they "decamped". Irresponsible and selfish.

Now, sticking the dog in the car with a few sandwiches and drinks and driving say an hour to walk in a massive national park where it would be fairly easy to stay two meters from another person they may encounter, then driving home again.
To me, the likelihood of spreading the virus this way is very low.

1. Your outside
2. You take everything home with you
3. You're unlikely to be touching anything (unless you have to open a gate)
4. It's secluded so your interaction with others is reduced.

If everyone around where I live was to only walk around their streets/area, people would have to stand on the road to allow others to pass and maintain their distance, we're walking beside noisy main roads (I have a 4 year old DD who loves her scooter) and the same route everyday gets very grating.

I could drive for 5/10 minutes to walk in a fairly secluded area with my children where it's safe, a change of scenery and easy to maintain distance. But is this frowned upon?

I'm so confused!!!!!!!

Overtime, But that's not strictly true. As someone posted above,
Matt Hancock said on Question Time on Thursday that you can drive a short distance to exercise.

Many many people have been doing normal working hours all week. Why don't people think it won't be busier today!!

Op technically there is no issue.
Leaving flats, your main problem would be the stair well, banisters front door...

Outside its not the same risk as a supermarket or all those touch points.

We'd all have been far better off with much earlier lock down, face masks and proper tracking etc...

Sitting in the sun, walking along a prom in wind and sun . Burning and dispersing the virus, people getting healthier moving, vitamin d...

As with all similar threads the underlying mindset is thinking only about your individual needs.

There are very many people who are able to "justify" why the rules don't apply them and that's the problem.

If it's ok for you to break the rules then then it's ok for everyone else.

If it's ok for you to bend the rules, then it's ok for everyone else.

The rules as stand only work if everyone abides by them.

That means not interpreting them from an individual perspective, but a collective one.

So if it's ok for you to drive for an hour to a national park and have a walk and a picnic then it's ok for the thousands of other people who think they are "special".

All of them using benches/picnic tables that then get used by hundreds of other people.

All of them wanting to go to the nicest places for their little trip out, on small paths where social distancing becomes impossible.

All of them on the roads, buying petrol etc

Just because you wouldn't use a picnic table or don't need petrol doesn't make you any different because your part of the group of people all "validating" each other's belief that they are not doing anything wrong.

Part of the group that if their behaviour continues is likely to result in even more draconian lockdown measures for everyone.

What Hopping and Crazy said. Viruses don't give a shiny shit about your mental health or how sensible you are, you're just a host and a vector.

Here in Ireland it was made very clear. Exercise must be within 2km of your home. Obviously there's many, many people choosing to ignore the guideline but at least it's easily understood.
Hope everyone is staying safe