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So I can't go for 2 walks but I can go to a garden centre

247 replies

AliceAbsolum · 04/01/2021 21:26

Don't understand the once a day rule. Never have. A little afternoon walk keeps me sane.

Moan moan moan.

OP posts:
midgebabe · 04/01/2021 23:07

Correct

Horizons83 · 04/01/2021 23:08

@Fingfoxes

The only page that will give the actual law will be this one;

www.legislation.gov.uk/

And it won’t be there yet.

Poppingnostopping · 04/01/2021 23:08

Thanks!

SoBrolen · 04/01/2021 23:08

@notanothertakeaway wow. You’ve got to be being sarcastic?

OP please go for as many walks as you want. For the sake of there being some sanity in the world.

friendlycat · 04/01/2021 23:09

What would be really helpful is if people read the rules and actually stuck to them.

Wheresmykimchi · 04/01/2021 23:10

[quote SoBrolen]@notanothertakeaway wow. You’ve got to be being sarcastic?

OP please go for as many walks as you want. For the sake of there being some sanity in the world.[/quote]
I hope not because I agree.

The longer people think to just bend whatever rules they like, the longer this goes on.

Quartz2208 · 04/01/2021 23:11

We are not in the position we are in because people want to have a walk or run by themselves and ensure the children get exercise.

bumblingbovine49 · 04/01/2021 23:11

I haven't seen anything that says you can't drive to exercise and we will be doing so. We have already decided on the walks we will continue to do and hey include a couple that are about a 10 min drive to get to.

littlemisslozza · 04/01/2021 23:12

It does say you should stay local though. As long as you are not in contact with lots of people I can't see a problem! Much worse in an crowded inner-city park than in a village where you may see no-one!

Wheresmykimchi · 04/01/2021 23:13

@Quartz2208

We are not in the position we are in because people want to have a walk or run by themselves and ensure the children get exercise.
No but we are because people bend the rules.

Everyone ha their own idea of what can be bent.

I think seeing my vulnerable friend is OK. Can I do that then?

lemarias · 04/01/2021 23:13

You can travel to a place to exercise, it's in the updated guidance. It does say once per day, but I can't see it being monitored, at least not where I am (central London). Once a day will be fine for me as it suits my toddler's routine, we tend to be outdoors for about 5 hours every morning, I'm too tired after that to go outside again!

However it specifically says "You can only leave your home to exercise, and not for the purpose of recreation or leisure (e.g. a picnic or a social meeting)". I dread going back to the days of not being able to sit on benches and trying to give snacks to DD under stealth.

LastTrainEast · 04/01/2021 23:14

@boysinblue

a friend of mine drove 18 miles to another local authority area, parked his car, and went hillwalking with the dogs. Got stopped by police when he returned to his car and fined £30 for covid breach, only people he saw were the police but can stroll around Tesco for 2 hours pretending he's mask exempt
Yes it's a mad world where you are allowed to buy food but not go on long trips for fun. What were they thinking?
cyclingmad · 04/01/2021 23:16

[quote Letsskidaddle]@notanothertakeaway "Jeez, the pandemic escalates, govt brings in ever tighter restrictions, and people on this thread are already encouraging OP to break the rules and take extra walks! No wonder the virus continues to spread. FFS"

Exactly this! What will it take for certain members of our communities to take it seriously?

Every single person who wilfully breaks the rules, or bends them to suit themselves, is responsible for this shit show.

It's not the Government ballsing things up, it's the individuals that REPEATEDLY think they are too special and too important to observe 'the rules'. Yes, the Govt could have done things differently but they've not. They are asking ALL OF US to work
together to tackle this. They are not asking or encouraging people who don't feel like complying to do whatever they want - that decision is one that anyone who breaks the rules chooses to make.

I'm pretty sure we are all at the end of our tethers with this, everyone's mental health will have been affected, we are all missing friends, family and 'normality'. Every parent will be struggling with home edding and working. Loads of us have lost our incomes. Lifestyles for the majority have been impacted.

Some are making the best of it and complying, in the hope that the more we comply, the sooner it will be done. And some are completely ignoring the guidance and laws to do as they please.

For the love of God I wish everyone would just comply: put up and shut up so we can move forward. It's already taken far longer than it needed to.

And please, for anyone who is really struggling, reach out. There is help available - help for debt caused by this, help to gain new employment, your local church can help with food bank referrals, Samaritans and similar can help with depression and loneliness, Women's aid can help if you are in an abusive household.

Bending and breaking the rules will not help in the long run.[/quote]
This 100000000000%

Sick and tired of all the government bashing (irrespective of who PM is) and moaning and whining.

Half mumsnet past few days in hysterics about having to send child to school and didn't care if education was going to be disrupted, now schools are closing they have done a u-turn and now its threads of we need to keep schoola open, my kids education is going to suffer. I mean you complain Boris does u-turns but your no better yourself.

RichardMarxisinnocent · 04/01/2021 23:17

@thewinkingprawn

It is once a day and they have been quite clear that that must be in your local village, town or part of city this time. It’s in the rules on the govt website. We shall go for as many walks as we please though.
The wording appears to be should not must so I don't think one walk a day is actually law.
PicsInRed · 04/01/2021 23:19

[quote Wheresmykimchi]@PicsinRed

In Scotland it's now legal. hopefully England follows suit so the Im alright jack's can be pulled up and we can get out of this mess.[/quote]
Very sensible.

I can't imagine most police would be delighted at the thought of charging the elderly, mentally fragile people and stressed mums with taking an extra walk a day.

Magistrates would no doubt be similarly delighted to see these people on their list.

Wheresmykimchi · 04/01/2021 23:23

Picsinred in principle irl I agree , but I get irate at the cavalier ppffft do what you want attitudes on these threads. Every month we dont comply is another month for elderly locked up in care homes. Ah but that's okay granny, cause folk 'dont care if they can't walk more than once a day'.

Olivere · 04/01/2021 23:23

Why are garden centres deemed essential anyway? Confused

EeeehElsie · 04/01/2021 23:26

It's not the Government ballsing things up

News to me.

Sweettea1 · 04/01/2021 23:28

Half of the people moaning have probably never gone for a walk or done exercise b4. If you generally need a walk or exercise go for it. But for heavensake don't go the garden centre just because its open sooner this is over the better for every1 and only way thats gonna happen is if people stop looking for unnecessary reasons to go out.

Quartz2208 · 04/01/2021 23:29

@Wheresmykimchi they are completely different and you know it. The risk involved in one is different to the other

That said I have read the rules and you can go out for childcare purposes so presumably that means a solo run plus supervising the children on their exercise means I’m fine

QualityRoads · 04/01/2021 23:31

I don't get why garden centres are being left open. Ah wait..... could it be that they act as vectors for spread among the over 70s....leaving less people to vaccinate by the end of Feb?

littlemisslozza · 04/01/2021 23:31

I'll be honest here, I really think the garden centres need to shut. My nan, along with many others her age go simply as part of a weekly routine, browsing, having a coffee etc. Not essential at all. Whilst I appreciate that their mental health is important I'd rather my children could go to school!

Sweettea1 · 04/01/2021 23:31

And everyone saying its governments fault they never acted quick enough never done this that or the other well no its not 1 thing has been asked of the public stay the f##k home but no we can't do that can we.

LastTrainEast · 04/01/2021 23:32

All the rules are intended to minimise contact. They are not perfect rules and they don't cover every situation, but it's like when you were kids and your mum would say "Stop kicking the table" and you'd kick the chair because she hadn't actually said said you couldn't kick the chair so that was allowed.

Wheresmykimchi · 04/01/2021 23:33

[quote Quartz2208]@Wheresmykimchi they are completely different and you know it. The risk involved in one is different to the other

That said I have read the rules and you can go out for childcare purposes so presumably that means a solo run plus supervising the children on their exercise means I’m fine[/quote]
I don't agree.

It's not about the risk.

We all have our idea about risk. It's about the rules.

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