what do you consider local?

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I have to drive 15 miles to work
i have to drive 12 miles to support my dm
a couple of times i have driven 15 miles with dd to walk with dog, she is 23 and home unemployed with no transport, so it is for her mental health as much as anything,, to have a change of scenery and pretty easy to keep your distance while on these walks

a colleague who firstly does not understand mask use or ventilation, is adamant that local does not involve such exploits. she walks around her local area, no dog or daughter in her case.
I agree I am wrong
i know other people are making similar journeys for dayy trips, are you?

Driving to work or to assist a vulnerable person is fine.
15 miles to walk the dog is not really necessary and not local imo.
We either walk from home or drive 5 miles to beach which is also where my mum lives (she is shielding) and shop for her at the same time.

If you are driving 15 miles to a very quiet area where you won't encounter many other people on your dog walk then YANBU (especially if locations nearer to home are likely to be very busy)

If you are driving to a national park or popular beauty spot which will be jam packed with other walkers/runners and you can't effectively social distance then YABU

Think about the risk not the distance

First two I would say are essential, but I wouldn't drive 15 miles to walk my dog. I wouldn't consider that local.

I think any reasonable police officer could choose to view your trip as supporting your daughter’s mental health more than a dog walk. The walk, of course, being part of the support, and if you’re going, you might as well take the dog.

I wouldn’t consider 15 miles to walk a dog local or essential, though if where you’re driving to and walking is completely deserted, I couldn’t get too het up about you “breaking the rules”.

And no, I’m not making similar journeys.

No, I'm not, BUT being completely honest, if I had a beach within 15 miles I would. I used to live within easy walking distance of the beach and it has always been my go to place when things are bad. Now I live a few hundred miles away from a beach. This is something I really need to change, but jib is here for now! But if the beach was near I'd go. I'd actually probably cycle there but it would depend on the road etc.

Locally I have plenty of places to walk within a couple of miles.

I think if you, DD & the dog all get a good walk without being around a lot of people, it's fine. I'm just being even more careful when driving because lots of people are using the roads as a racing circuit & the very last thing I want to do is end up needing an ambulance & going into hospital.

Could your daughter be in a bubble with you and then you could see her anytime and local is not a factor in bubbles

Local to me would probably stretch to 10-15 miles, when the weather gets better my local will be a lot further than it is now.

I think that’s fine. Not everyone has beautiful nature walks just outside their front doors.

Local for exercise I’d say is where you can walk too not drive. Work is different as essential.

3 miles

I would say as far as people from the same community go - we live in a small city, and there's nowhere significant within about 10 miles. However one place we used to visit for walks regularly pre-lockdown is about 25 miles away, and much nearer another urban centre. We don't go there, as we'd be mixing (in the loos!) with people from another city, making spread more likely.

In some rural places, 'local' would be much further, not so far in others.

However we aren't offering MH support to anyone that far away, which would change the question for me.

Is DD living alone? You’re allowed to form a support bubble with her if so?

Someone living rurally - 10 miles is local

Someone living in a town - 3 miles

About a half hour driving radius.

@AnnaSW1 3 mile?! I take it you live in a city centre, 3 miles takes me to fields filled with sheep in all directions so my local is more like 15 miles. This argument is irrelevant unless you are planning a drive across the country to get to a beach (even then it’s not illegal). OP I think it’s fine we are driving regularly for walks as we need ones suitable for taking my little one in the pram and aside from walking along roads or trudging through mud we don’t have that without driving. I also drive 80 miles at least once a week to visit my support bubble. Never seen a police car let alone got stopped and even if I did nothing I am don’t is illegal nor it is contributing to the spread of covid

It depends on how you look at it. You could argue that nobody needs to travel to exercise or walk a dog. You just walk round the streets in your neighborhood

However, I appreciate that the local country park will probably be a lot nicer. Therefore I would say five miles, ten you're pushing it, fifteen, way too far

In Wales we can’t drive to exercise. So I’d consider anywhere that you can walk to as local.

DH always walks from the front door and can end up as far as 15 miles away, so I guess would be local if you walked.

I live in a very popular dog walking spot (as evidenced by the lack of parking at the weekends and the amount of dog 💩 left behind by visitors) and I would absolutely drive 15 miles to find somewhere that is less congested!

Especially since lock down!

The amount of people who pull up say hi to the people parking behind them, (as in they have arranged to meet there) get out their takeaway coffees but then don't have a poo bag when their dog craps on my lawn is astounding. I've taken to telling out of my window. "Excuse me, do you need a bag for that?"

Anyway not what you asked but I obviously needed to rant...

In essence if your going somewhere secluded I don't have a problem with that. Just take bags 😂