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Traveling to a different tier for essential shopping?

7 replies

Megan2018 · 27/11/2020 02:52

I live rurally, arse end of nowhere-right on the border of a county that will be tier 2 but our hamlet will be tier 3. The trees just after the end of my garden are tier 2 but our house falls in the other area. That’s fine, they have to draw lines somewhere etc

But, all our shops, post office, chip shop, bank, cash point, and petrol stations etc and my daughters nursery are in tier 2-there’s nothing for miles and miles in our county. I’d have to do a 40 mile round trip for a pint of milk. Are we really expected to do that?
We’re allowed to use the nursery and GP but not stop at Tesco?

We’ve stuck to the rules like glue until now, but we’ve always been tier 1 before so location of shops wasn’t an issue. But now technically we are cut off, so as well as not being able to meet any friend for a walk or go to the park (they are all down the road in tier 2) we can’t even buy food within the rules without extensive car travel.

It looks like the nearest park I can now take 15 month DD to is an hours round trip by car, instead of the one 3/4 mile away, and the footpath in the village crosses the county line.

I can’t see us sticking to this for months, it’s nonsense.
Anyone else in the same boat?

OP posts:
Bananasandorangesss · 27/11/2020 06:45

No but if I were you I would have gone into tier 3 area ages ago and without question

movingonup20 · 27/11/2020 07:03

We cross the border regularly, it's fine as long as it's needed and practical which from what you say here it is.

Bufferingkisses · 27/11/2020 07:43

You just have to follow tier 3 rules so shop for essentials but don't go for a walk with 6 people like you could in tier 2.

SavoyCabbage · 27/11/2020 07:44

It's never crossed my mind not to use a shop that's in a different tier. I've done it loads of times!

You can't go to pubs and peoples houses if you aren't allowed to in the tier you live in but I cant imagine that rules applies to getting milk or going to the supermarket.

My child's school was half tier three and half tier one before lockdown.

dementedpixie · 27/11/2020 07:44

Continue shopping where you normally would. It would be nonsense to so anything else

dementedpixie · 27/11/2020 07:45

Do*

Skipsurvey · 27/11/2020 07:46

can i jump on and ask about the gym?
what would people say about the gym in tier 3? if we are in tier 2?

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