Xenia, you have no doubt seen that Essex CC essentially begged to be put into Tier 2 instead of Tier 1 (and Matt H and his friends, presumably unable to believe their luck after all the grief they were getting from those pesky folk oop North, gleefully said yes, after only a token show of, Hang on a mo, that will be a joint decision, thank you). We live in one of the Unitary Authorities which are 'not Essex', so to speak, unfortunately the one which has said, not us yet, but we'll maybe think again next week, rather than the one whose leader's response was, I can't believe they have done that, but hey ho. I belong to a couple of all FB groups and unfortunately, intermingled with the (many) posts from people who seem completely ignorant as to which LA they actually live in -'Well, what does it say on your Council Tax demand, ffs?' would probably get me banned - are several saying that 'it's too confusing, we should do the same as Essex'. I despair.
One old boy (we are predominantly 'of a certain age and beyond) has twigged one of the main everyday limitations, though - About my only outing is a weekly game of cards with mates in . Guess we won't be doing that , now...
Looking on the bright side, though, my understanding of the move to the tier system is that once DD's household in Brum is out of self isolation at the end of this week, although they can no longer meet up with their next door neighbours in the pub, they will also no longer risk prosecution by nipping out at the same time to hang up their washing in their shared back garden...