Is it ok to meet with boyfriend who I don't live with and go on a socially distant walk?

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I haven't seen him in weeks. Thought about meeting and going for a walk in the very nearby countryside where we can walk at least two metres away from each other for exercise and a chat.

Is this allowed?

As it is not essential (though you may think it is) don't do it.

Be patient this will end- one way or another......

Please don't. If everyone else does this then lock down will go on longer.

More risk going to the shop than doing this IF you can trust yourselves to keep 2m apart and don’t have contact.

Madam “ I am a frontline NHS worker and my manager has just tested positive so this very real for me at the moment. Please, please stay home, protect the NHS, save lives”

I hope you have written to Cressida Dick about the Westminster Bridge incident.

OP check the law if you can, I’m not clear where rules will clash with law.

Nicola - police are making up their own rules.

Its a no its hard but its not forever.

i would

Oh dear. The joy police are pretending I said something I didn't. Their hysteria is verging on comical.

walking alongside a partner and keeping step with them is nothing like walking past strangers which is generally fleeting. You’d be better off going to his house and having a conversation through a window... at least that way there would be a physical barrier between you. ( the fact that other people breach the guidelines doesn’t provide a rationale for other people to go ahead and do the same .... all that’s doing is increasing risk further )

I understand how you feel. I havent seen my BF for since the lockdown. Its been hard.
However I know for sure 1 person in my village has seen her BF who doesnt live with her as normal, 3/4 times a week and told me it would be fine to see mine, but it is breaking the rules....

Confused.com?? Last week I spent 45 mins queuing to get into a supermarket to buy essentials with a fellow shopper 2 meters in front of me and another 2 meters behind. Can anyone explain the difference between this and the op taking a walk with her bf if keeping to the 2 meter recommended distance please?

Can't you read the rules or listen to the public health warnings?
You are from two separate households and have been told repeatedly not to mix socially.

You are allowed to walk in the park. He and the rest of the public are also allowed to walk in the park. The tile is you must be exercising (taking your walk) and must keep min 2m from anyone else.

So if you both happen to end up in the same park at the same time and walk 2m apart I can't honestly see the problem.

What you're not allowed to do is get closer, or sit in his car, or visit his house for a cup of tea, or not walk in the park but stop. You have to be taking your exercise.

Keeping your distance and exercising you aren't doing anything wrong.

The rule not tile

Yes I would

Just keep distance you’re adults

No different to out walking with others on field etc

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Notacooldad 'mixing socially' means getting close and visiting someone's house.

Walking in the park at a distance is fine.

Personally I’d do it if you can stay the 2m apart

That's the thing though.
Thinking back to when I wasn't living with DH , seriously how possible is it to stay apart from each other 2 metres?
Exchange pleasantries, wave at each other across the supermarket aisle or if you can keep 2m apart at all times even on a walk out in the countryside?
Not going to happen!
So yeah.
Just no

Notacooldad 'mixing socially' means getting close and visiting someone's house
The warning in tv has been very clear about not meeting up with friends.

ponchek

See I still think this is vague www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do:

13. Can I go to the park?
You can still go to the park for outdoor exercise once a day but only alone or with members of your household, not in groups.

Communal places within parks such as sports courts, playgrounds and outdoor gyms have been closed to protect everyone’s health.

We ask that households use parks responsibly and keep 2 metres apart from others at all times.

Unless you are with members of your household, gatherings of more than two people in parks and other public spaces have been banned. The police have the powers to disperse gatherings and issue fines if necessary.

So what it seems to say is you have to go to the park by yourself but once there you can have a meeting with one other person. So yes personally I have always found this bit ambigous and confusing

But there’s millions of people working alongside each other in non essential businesses everyday even now as they’re allowed to stay open

Most people can’t keep 2m apart in work

So the government think it’s ok for these to mix but not two adults who otherwise have hardly left the house to meet up alone?!

It’s crazy

No different to out walking with others on field etc

That's a load of crap though, sorry.
No different to walking out with strangers you've never met before but keeping a distance?
Or your boyfriend of a few weeks and want to be with?
Differences there to be sure, going to want to get closer

So you can walk 2m from strangers in the park, but not from a friend? What utter bollocks.

The meeting up ban means, obviously, not hanging out with friends. Not being in a group. Not idling, standing talking. Not getting close. Meeting up is dangerous because it will be more tempting to break the rules and get too close. But if you are scrupulously distant - more like 4m than 2 - and doing exercise, that's not the same as meeting socially.

Meeting socially is sunbathing and barbecuing. It's where the purpose is just to meet.

Whatever. This kind of crazed discussion just takes away from genuine issues.

My brother is one of forty who work on building site in close proximity all day six days week

All allowed to work together

They then often don’t see difference in meeting out at night having spent all day next to each other

Yet you two can’t meet for an hour!

Oh and it says specifically that a gathering of two people is allowed.