Group of 10 teenagers 😲😲😲!

[Heathercob]

Surely in a Tier 4 area, groups of ten teenagers shouldn't meet up to go sledging down a private field? There was zero social distancing too!

Did you call the police?

Was it an organised activity? If so, it's allowed.

Can't say it sounds like it was "organised" though.

Did you say anything to them? How old were they? Tbh I couldn’t really get worked up about this, depending on their age they’ll be back in school shortly with zero social distancing possible there too, except that’s indoors and goes on all day.

No, because I didn't have a phone on me, and by the time I'd have got home, they'd have probably gone!
I did shout at them to stop though, especially as it was scaring my horse, and I didn't want her slipping and hurting herself, but they completely ignored me.

Unless they were your teenagers then it's not really any of your business.

Of course not but it’s hardly a high risk activity unless they passing round a shared spliff of bottle of vodka .

Outside in the freezing cold where the main focus is rushing up and down the hill ? They aren’t even standing about chatting or stilling on each other’s laps as the teens “ picnicking “ in the parks in summer were.

Sorry can’t get my Pearl clutching out for this.

Don’t see how that’s any different to the football training of about 20 teenagers on the field by us today.

Just mind your own business or was you worried about your horse ?

They are outdoors having fun, leave them alone

Why do some horse riders think the world has to revolve around them and their animals?

Were they all in the same sledge?

Expecting teenagers not to go out and play in the snow, especially when playing outside is literally the only thing they’re even vaguely allowed to do, is a bit unrealistic

Whilst schools are still open I can’t get worked up about teens mixing tbh

@annevonkleve- are all organised outdoor activities allowed in tier 4? My walking group has stopped, and we never had more than 10.

Is this what the world had come to? Questioning whether police should be called to a small group of teenagers sledging outside?

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Get aerated about the group of twatty adults screaming outside St Thomas’s on NYE

Ffs op. Get off Mumsnet moaning and go and do something more interesting instead

Fgs, my kids are back into a bubble of 200 next week. My lad is still football training 4 times a week too.

I’d have been loving watching them have good old fashioned fun on a sledge. Good for them!

Was it you field?

No they shouldn't be, but you already knew that.

Who's field is it? And it is probably a good idea to carry a phone with you anyway.

Walk a mile in their shoes OP - how do you know they haven't already had Covid?? if you watch 'the telly' you'll realise we've all had it twice!!
This is inhuman - they're outside. Just stop it.

Soon they will be back to school and mixing indoors so I don’t really see the issue. I have seen loads of teenagers mixing but tbh I can’t imagine how I would have felt at that age being stuck indoors with my parents and not being out with my friends.

Back in summer, someone in my local fb group posted an angry rant plus photos trying to shame a large group of teenagers they’d seen meeting up in the park earlier that day. It turned out that another one of their friends had taken his own life the day before and that was why they’d met up and were hugging etc. It’s been very difficult for kids all this.

Pffft... you're right OP about letter of rules say shouldn't happen but .. .I couldn't report them myself.