At last! 6 people can meet in a garden!

[BruceAndNosh]

WE can meet family

does anyone know any official advice regarding this and those with the nhs letter to sheild.have they mentioned it(not just what people asssume)

does anyone know any official advice regarding this and those with the nhs letter to sheild.have they mentioned it(not just what people assume)

Boris said "sorry, shielding people have to keep shielding as per your letter. We hope to release you from your captivity soon." (And I didn't make that quote up)

FuzzyPuffling thankyou.can other i the household go out now and meet people thiough if thjey are living with people shielding

We are a family of 7, so what do i do? Throw a child over the fence when we sit in the garden

Im desperate to have some time with my mum and my sister whos husband left her during lockdown.

Im taking it as 6 others because otherwise we can't see anyone

Thanks Scarfy.

IncrediblySad, the reason I thought Airbnb type places might be allowed to start again is that self-catering, self-contained properties could get a thorough clean between clients, and you're not sharing anything, as you would in a hotel.

@Rainbow12e why would it lead to arguments? I would have thought by the time you can get everyone together in the way you want it will be the end of lockdown, so a long time yet. Why can't you meet up in small groups? It's not like households are being restricted to only being able to meet one household, which some countries have done, I would have thought that would be more likely to cause arguments.

Like someone else just said

meh most people have been doing this already

I won't be visiting any elderly relatives who are shielding as I would not want to risk passing anything onto them.

It makes me laugh that everyone is ...'oh we can't meet family there are 7of us'

I'm sure you won't be arrested 😆

@ineedaholidaynow

Sorry. I meant to say that staying over at my parents in a tent isn't going to be a now thing, but a later this summer thing even if restrictions are lowered past that point and covid is still doing the rounds.

My dd just asked if she could meet up with her 5 friends on Monday I said no as the 6 are meant to be from 2 households she asked where it says that and she’s got a point I can’t see this written anywhere, Have I just presumed this? Can she do it!

But you are meeting outside in the garden/public and social distancing @Rainbow12e If no-one touches anything and you keep to 2m away from people, you are minimising risk. Obviously not completely risk free. Maybe stagger the meetings, so not all meeting in one week say, so have a fortnight between each meeting, if necessary. Better than not meeting at all.

@worldsworststepfordwife are you in Scotland or England. I think Scotland is limiting it to one other household, England is limiting it to 6 people at one time but can be many households.

I've been working throughout

I've been using the same loo as 7 other colleagues

Yes we have a cleaner in the office at night, I know I wash my hands, I haven't been asking colleagues if they are or spraying bleach everywhere before I sit down

We've made each other cups of coffee

Yes i don't assume i will get arrested, but i have a god awful neibour who has pretty much made the last 9 week's hell. Shouting at my mum for bringing food and medicine when i was ill, calling police saying we are having parties etc. We haven't of course and mum dropped things at the door.

She is waiting for us to do something so she can call police again.. i would like to no exactly what we can do as a family of 7 without getting abuse. I also no noone can awnswer on here, just asking for opions really.

[quote ineedaholidaynow]@worldsworststepfordwife are you in Scotland or England. I think Scotland is limiting it to one other household, England is limiting it to 6 people at one time but can be many households.[/quote]
England so dd will be v happy

@PinkBubbles12

No

You cannot count all of your household and then an additional 6 people, that would be a group of 13. The rule is clear, a group of 6 people can meet outside.

If you want to see your mum and sister then you can, but only 4 from your household can attend, so you and 3 others. You and a different 3 could then meet up with them another time and so on.

Groups of 6. But definitely not a maximum of 5. And certainly not 7, how terrible.

Where do they pull these numbers from?

16yo DS has already got a group meet up at the local park. Can't tell you how much this means to him. He is so sociable 1 was meh but 6 is great 😁

I think a great many people have been doing this all along.

And yet the numbers have reduced and we’re able to ease up. It’s almost as if your village isn’t reflective of the whole country.

We will be allowing family to visit, there will be 6 adults and a baby (non-mobile) and a big enough garden to spread out.
We have a downstairs loo, we will ask people to clean it and not use it ourselves for a few days after (we have 2 others we can use).

All our family are 1.5hrs away so they will need a toilet and there’s no services on the drive (it’s not a motorway trip). But they can access garden without coming in to house and downstairs loo just inside the door so that’s good enough for us. We’re not bothered about seeing other people and no-one working outside the home.

This is where people will display their lack of maths and be unable to count 6.