So in what step do we get to see family?

[IWannaBreakFREE20]

It didnt mention when small numbers could mix or did I miss that?

[LemonadeAndDaisyChains]

@Spinakker But you can make your own decisions 're seeing friends and family from what I gather

It didn't say anything like that at all!
He specifically said (I listened to the whole update live) that there is still to be no mixing of households.

[8elate8]

It was not mentioned so no, we cannot go see friends or family.

You can have unlimited exercise outside with the people in your household No, you cant invite people to your garden!

[JacobReesMogadishu]

I think a lot of people are going to think they can sit in the park and their friend/relative can sit in the park as long as they keep 2m away from them. I’m not even sure if it’s allowed or not.

[blancheduboiss]

So we might be able to mingle in restaurants by July, but not see our families until next year? That’s absurd.

[LemonadeAndDaisyChains]

You wont to be able to see friends and family for a long long time. I'm guessing next year

Says who?
The amount of speculation and scaremongering/negativity on here is ridiculous.
People getting upset at the bit I've just quoted - why? It's one random person on the internet with their guess - it's just as likely to be a lot sooner than that.
The reason it wasn't mentioned today will be because it's more of a gradual "release" from lockdown and we're not quite at mixing household level yet.
I think it's good it's happening gradually rather than too much, too soon.

[LemonadeAndDaisyChains]

blancheduboiss Sun 10-May-20 20:28:53
So we might be able to mingle in restaurants by July, but not see our families until next year? That’s absurd.

There was absolutely nothing said in the speech anywhere about not seeing families until next year, that was a MN poster's personal opinion. Why take as gospel a poster's guesswork?!
It makes sense to me to re-open things slowly, and restaurants I can see being able to social distance more (could maybe re-open with less tables or something so easier to space out?)
I don't get all the angst

[BackInTime]

As far as I can tell many have been seeing family throughout this. There is no law against seeing your mum or your sister. People just need to asses their own circumstances and risks and decide accordingly.

[NaturalBornWoman]

Lighthearted comment, but I found the travel quarantine really weird - why will most travellers be quarantined, but not the French, apparently.

Are travellers from France less potentially infectious than anyone else?!

He said not quarantine for travellers from ROI, nothing about France that I heard.

[Bagelsandbrie]

I think people are going to think they can see who they like as long as they’re 2m away from them. If they’re going to work, allowed to sit in a park and allowed to drive to other areas etc etc then it doesn’t make sense that they can’t sit 2m away from their own mum in a park for example.

[thetoddleratemyhomework]

@Yankathebear

You are welcome. I am so very sorry. I can't imagine what that must be like for you.

[awesomeaircraft]

@AmICrazyorWhat2 - I think it is the reverse. France is not applying quarantine to UK citizens and EU citizens coming into France. See Guardian article here

[Gigipixiz]

Literally makes no sense what so ever! My MIL is a domestic cleaner she is expected back to work from next week. She cleans a house on my street yet she cannot come into my home and see my dds who totally understand and could keep distance unless I hire her of course then it’s peachy!
My dd can go to school (as a child of key workers) where she is socially distancing but her cousin in year 10 can’t come despite the fact they go to the same school and will have get the same bus same share a lift she can’t hang out on the beach with her friend who is also at school why? People are going to totally ignore these ‘rules’ and just do what they want they make no sense at all.

[OhTheRoses]

DH and I both have a day off on Friday. We will be driving to the coast with a picnic and coffee. Anything for a day out and change of scene. And I have ordered a shee wee to facilitate as bogs and cafes will be closed and I will need a pee. If I have to walk round my Surrey village for a week again I shall scream.

Might be the same beach my mother lives at and they might have a picnic 2 metres from us.

[changeofname890]

@OhTheRoses my sister has a big birthday coming up and her party has been cancelled. Wouldn't it be a coincidence if we, her family and my parents all had a picnic at the same time in the same park? But they can't come and sit in our large garden on their rugs and have a picnic? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Chocolatecake12]

I live at the coast and am now worried that everyone will come and visit as they haven’t been able to for weeks. I understand why people will want to. But it makes no sense that we have the freedom to travel and sit on the beach/a park bench but cannot see family.

[AmICrazyorWhat2]

@awesomeaircraft

Thx. for the link. I didn't hear the actual speech but got confused by the Guardian's live coverage: this is what was posted:

2h ago
19:44
France to be exempt from UK quarantine rules, Johnson and Macron agree
Downing Street has just released a joint statement from the British and French governments, after a call between Boris Johnson and the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

It says the French will be exempt from the UK’s proposed quarantine restrictions. (See 7.14pm.)

I'm just desperate to see my family in the UK, while totally understanding the reasons for the 14-days quarantine.

[Rollercoasteride]

You'll be able, from Wednesday too, to take unlimited exercise; to meet one person from outside your own household as long as you stay two metres apart; you can go and sit in your local park, to sunbathe, or to take part in sport with others from your household......this info was from the bbc

[OhTheRoses]

I didn't hear about the French connection up thread but Boris specifically said people arriving by air will be quarantined. So, does that mean it's OK to arrive by ferry or Eurotunnel?

Still can't go to our home in France as travel within France is limited.

[daisypond]

I think a lot of people are going to think they can sit in the park and their friend/relative can sit in the park as long as they keep 2m away from them. I’m not even sure if it’s allowed or not.
That’s right, you can do that from Wednesday. You can meet one person in the open air from outside your household if you stay 2 metres apart.

[Pluckedpencil]

@chocolatecake12, but it does make sense really. Sitting outside in the open, washing hands with hand sanitizer en route or with soap at home, is a lot less risky than you visiting family in their homes, an enclosed space. And this family will have other family, through in laws etc, and so it continues. Probably at a.slower rate but it does. No doubt family will be on the cards in a couple of weeks, but with the death rate where it is, I guess they want to be cautious.

[awesomeaircraft]

@AmICrazyorWhat2 - thanks for the cut & paste, I see the confusion now. Sounds like France/UK will have reciprocal arrangements. I assume both governments assume that there is no point imposing a quarantine on flights between countries if people can drive/boat it anyway.

[Nicknamegoeshere]

My OH said Bpris is clearly more fussed by getting people back to work than he is about protecting their MH and addressing when we can see our families again! I'm 37 weeks' pregnant with a 10 and 13 yo so it's a nightmare.

[Nicknamegoeshere]

The park thing won't work for me - what do I do with my newborn?

[IWannaBreakFREE20]

You can take a newborn to the park?

[Rhodri]

If they're not going to give a timescale for family contacts people are just going to give up and do it anyway
It’s an unacceptable state of affairs. I don’t see why I can be 2m from a stranger in a park or restaurant or a colleague at work, but I can’t be 2m from my mum. Truthfully I’ve been having 2m chats with my parents all along, because I spend less time with them having a 15 min chat than I spend next to a random in the 30 min queue for Asda.