Invited round to neighbours garden...

[Silverthorny]

My lovely next door neighbour says she’ll put some chairs out in her front garden tomorrow and I can come and have coffee and cake with her. She’ll make sure we sit some distance apart. She’s pretty insistent!! I don’t feel comfortable? I haven’t seen anyone beyond my household. My daughter has just returned to school. My inclination is to say no for a bit longer and continue being cautious. I realise it’s permitted, and outdoor transmission risk is low. Neighbour has had one dose of the vaccine, I haven’t had the vaccine. DD returned to school today. They’ve had a case at her school last week, but different year group.

Don’t think there’s anything wrong in getting a consensus of opinion!! Blimey!! @OverTheRainbow88 has just helped a lot - I’m going with that rather than The Metro!

It’s recreation or exercise outdoors with one other person. Going into her garden is not recreation it’s socialising which is not permitted

If you don’t want to don’t , just say you read the guidelines differently and leave it at that

Why don't you compromise and have a coffee in a park with her?

When it was ok to meet in peoples gardens,I made it clear that I was bringing my own refreshments in advance.

Just say you’d love to when it’s allowed,but you don’t feel comfortable doing so before that point. Laugh it off with a comment like ‘ the rules are so confusing aren’t they’ . Most people would understand and respect that (and if they don’t they’re not worth having coffee with).

@Silverthorny

From March 8, the rules state that people will be permitted to have socially distanced one-on-one meetups with others outdoors in a public space.

This means friends and family members can sit down for a coffee or have a picnic in the park, which is not currently allowed under lockdown

This would include parks, commons and other public outdoor spaces, as well as private gardens.

Copied from The Metro...

Yeah, the Metro is full of it. The government specifically said no private gardens until March 29.

We’re having our best friends over for an outside takeaway on the 31st. Can’t wait!

You could, of course, happen to be out in your gardens at the same time, cup of coffee in hand, and chat over the garden fence 😉

@Chloemol

It’s recreation or exercise outdoors with one other person. Going into her garden is not recreation it’s socialising which is not permitted

If you don’t want to don’t , just say you read the guidelines differently and leave it at that

Recreation and socialising are the same thing. It even says in the guidelines that a coffee/picnic with one other person from a different household is allowed. Only thing dodgy in OP's case is the garden bit. If they put their chairs on the path outside their garden, it would be fine.

@Whatalottachocca

Good grief. How many discussions on this subject do there have to be? Go or don’t go, please yourself. It hardly warrants a long drawn out discussion.

This. Grown adults that can’t think for themselves 🤯

Private gardens aren’t okay until 29th March - it’s the second step of stage 1!

When people have been given dates,that say that they can now do some things, some will rush out and do stuff, but others will still be wary, and hesitant,you have to make your own choices.

God if people are so nervous about things like this how on earth and you going to function with normal life in next couple of months.

It's currently illegal to meet in a garden so take two chairs onto the pavement and you're good!

If England the answer from the rules is 'no' as it is not a public space. Reason is that not all gardens are accessible without entering a house, and you might also then need a toilet in the house.

In your situation you can go home to use your own toilet. You still need 2 metres apart so it makes sense to bring your own coffee and cake. If you can't go into her garden without entering her house it would be stupid to do it.

Vaccines take at least two weeks to start protecting. Many are too dumb to realise this.

@CallMeCleo

It's currently illegal to meet in a garden so take two chairs onto the pavement and you're good!

This! Covid can't get you on public land only residential land. Honestly the non sensical shit that people actually believe and do without question is staggering.

@Pastanred

God if people are so nervous about things like this how on earth and you going to function with normal life in next couple of months.

Also this!

Get ready for the on slaught of posters telling you how life will never be normal again. We will continue to live in perpetual fear of other human beings for all eternity

You should let your neighbour be the judge of what risks she wants to take as she is an adult. She is probably trying to avoid going mad from so much isolation.

We have about the same level of seriously with covid here in Mexico City and we have all been mixing at a social distance with our friends for the last few weeks.

If you don't want to go then don't, but don't make out it's to protect your neighbour as she's clearly fine about it.

Don’t go then

I'd do it but if you're not comfortable just say so.

Regarding the garden part, I don't see the difference between sitting in the garden or talking to the neighbours outside. I was talking to my neighbour for over half an hour last week, what difference would it have made if we'd had tea and cake?