How did you do 10 day isolation before seeing grandparents?

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This has been suggested on another thread, if you have done it what did you do/avoid?

For example did you see anyone outdoors at 2m distance during the 10 days?

The reason I ask is because of the following plan:

Would this work, possibly tweaking the timing.

1. family A visits grandparent A after a period of strict isolation. During this time family B reduces contact to outdoor (eg park) meetings at 2m and lone walks for 5 days. (This is the same as grandparent Bs usual routine).

2. family B stays with family A for 5 days only seeing each other in their isolated rural home.

3. family B visits grandparent B. Should this visit be outdoor and distanced only or is overnight stay and normal family interaction reasonable?

Thank you again for everyone's input.

Apologies again also for lack of clarity, I'm certainly not trying to make up rules for anyone. I'm genuinely asking about how people have managed contact when one part of the family feels much more vulnerable than the people they want to see.

@blacktop

My Nanna is in her late 80's and I visit her twice a week. I also go to supermarkets, not half as much as she does though

It hasn't crossed my mind to isolate from her for no reason, as soon as I was allowed to visit her I did.

Sounds like my Uncle and his partner. I think I'm more at risk from them than they are from me - they went to 3 garden centres in one day last week!

Because the question was phrased “how did you do it” not “did you do it” as if it were mandatory.

That’s to @KitKatastrophe sorry

I did this because I was in school for the second half of last term, and in the final week in particular the arrangements - while excellent because they facilitated transition for every child -meant that I saw a lot of people in imperfectly SD situations.

My parents are very elderly, but live a long way away so my only option was to stay with them - had a 2m meetup in the garden been possible, I wouldn't have gone through the isolation step at all.

So for the next 2 weeks I essentially stuck to the guidelines that we all lived under during lockdown - food delivery, walks, stuck to house and garden. As my older teenage DCs were out and about more, they did what I did during term time - strict handwashing and outside clothes off and shower when coming in if needed.

@SengaStrawberry

Because the question was phrased “how did you do it” not “did you do it” as if it were mandatory.

That doesnt make any sense. The question was "how did you do it?" And your answer was "no".

I did this too, didn't do group meet ups, just distanced walks with 1 person. Eg friend had a party in the park - didn't go.

I can see your point SengaStrawberry it’s the thread title isn’t it, I only put “if you have done it what did you do/avoid?“ In the first post so I can see how it looks.

Can you suggest a better thread title that’s more accurate to what I was actually asking? I’m sure there must be a more accurate phrase and you probably represent a huge number of people who have read it as a made up rule and felt really annoyed. I’d much prefer not to upset people if it’s avoidable- we’re all coping with enough!