Cruel, illogical and isolating rules in Wales

[Amidone]

I'm at the end of my tether with the latest situation, despite having been supportive and observant of all the rules thus far. Nurseries and childcare are staying open to all in Wales (and England) but schools are closing. Scotland is closing them all other than for key workers.

Scotland and England allow you to meet with one person you don't live with. You can take children under 12 with you as they don't count and they don't need to social distance either. None of that is allowed in Wales. We aren't even allowed to drive a short distance to reach a place to walk unless we have a disability related reason to do so. Otherwise exercise must start and end by walking or cycling from home.

We are allowed a support bubble and a childcare bubble though. In our case, we have no one to bubble with. And there will be others like us, including people living alone. But even in these cases people are not allowed to just go for a distabced walk outside with a friend (the friend may be bubble with someone else.)

So so unfair and illogical and isolating. I am done.

Children under 12 count in England too actually. And in the guidance document the exemption for children under 5 isn't mentioned either. It will be interesting to see what the actual legislation says when it's published.

Children under 12 do count in numbers for England.

As tough as it is I don’t think it is illogical to ask people not to travel more than needed. The probably with allowing travel for exercise is all the known beauty spots end up packed which creates a whole new load of problems.

The exclusion for visiting someone to help if they're vulnerable still applies though, so anyone on their own suffering isolation either physically or mentally can have someone visit them within the rules.

I stand corrected on children then. We've not bee allowed to meet anyone outside our households for weeks in Wales anyway and this just prolongs it and with kids stuck at home cos schools are no closed on top.
I'm not vulnerable. I would just like to be able to meet a friend who isn't vulnerable either for a walk outside while distancing. Like you can in England.

Your situation sounds similar to ours. Live In a very rural part of Wales. All my family lives 150 miles plus away. My in laws have passed away, so no local family to bubble with. It'd be lovely just to meet a friend for a socially distanced outdoor walk. We don't have a car either, so we will be stuck in our small rural community for God knows how long. While others will be whizzing off in the car to a larger town for food shopping and beach walks(even though they aren't supposed to). I won't be going on bus for at least a few weeks. Def feels very isolating to our family.

We have to throw everything at this. We have to stick to it so we can have our lives back as fast as possible.