Having a hot drink on a walk

[Trumpyouredone]

So if I meet up with a friend for a SD walk, are we allowed to stop and sit down and have a flask of tea/coffee to warm us up?
Was thinking of suggesting this to her, but not sure it's in the rules.

@PurpleDaisies

I’m using it an an opportunity to support local businesses still open for take away.

Same!

I can understand why the OP is asking. In first lockdown I seem to recall being discouraged from sitting down to eat/drink.

Very few benches are genuinely long enough to allow you to be the full 2m away from each other so if you're concerned about maintaining proper distancing you might want to rethink the sitting down part. But then most people on a walk don't actually distance at all anyway. And taking a flask of hot chocolate out on a sunny winter's day is a great pleasure.

Absolutely not, how dare you sit on a bench while people are dying??

Why are you asking this???? Of course you can!!

Yep, it don’t go up your arse now like it did in March and April

@Remmy123 OP is asking because we were discouraged from doing this during first lockdown.

The OP is asking as during the first lockdown, the police were moving people on for sitting on benches. People soon forget that that insanity happened.

I forgot too - benches taped off I mean wtf!!!

I was asking because, yes in March some benches etc were taped off and you weren't allowed to sit on benches during your outdoors exercise time.

I thought the current rules were you allowed to meet up with a single member of other household for the purposes of exercise - not the purpose of sitting and chatting with a drink (which is mostly what we would be doing) which is why I'm unsure.

I do try and stick to the rules if I can, in the spirit of society/doing my bit.

I thought the current rules were you allowed to meet up with a single member of other household for the purposes of exercise - not the purpose of sitting and chatting with a drink (which is mostly what we would be doing) which is why I'm unsure.

That’s a misconception you see on here a lot. You’re allowed to be out with one other person (preschool children don’t count) in a public space socially distanced. That’s what the rule says. Nothing about it having to be exercise.

@Trumpyouredone absolutely sit on a bench and enjoy a coffee with your friend .. you can't catch it from benches anyway

Thanks @Remmy123 I do know you can't catch it from benches, I'm not a shopping washer in the slightest.

Thanks everyone, I had my walk and my drink with my friend today - it was lovely to see her and catch up as we are both busy with work/family etc so I haven't seen her for a while.

Glad you had a nice time OP. And thanks for the phrase "a shopping washer" 😆
I was one briefly, but I gave myself a talking to.