Exercising outside more than once a day - allowed now?

Webxite

On reading the government guidance on exercise it seems that the reference to 'once a day' has been removed, however I can't find any way to access previous versions to check this. Because of my job, it's really important that I obey all the guidance (and of course it's important anyway just to be a good citizen). Has anyone come across anything definitive regarding when the 'once per day' was lifted? I'm assuming it was on Monday 8th March when they added 'outdoor recreation'. It does still say to 'minimise the time you spend outside your home' so I'm not planning on multiple jaunts, but it would be great to be able to go for a run in the morning and a bike ride in the afternoon, rather than having to stay out for hours on end because it's one and done. Absolutely nothing in the media about it since Monday, so older reports are not particularly helpful.

Barny1979

I don't think the restriction on once a day has returned since when it was relaxed after the first lockdown.

justworriedabit

This article states that exercise "should be limited to one a day."
Ask your MP rathr than take the risk IMHO
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/government-finally-responds-to-concerns-about-stay-local-advice-for-exercise-telling-people-to-use-common-sense-491005

zzyzx1221

As far as I'm aware it was never not allowed.  It was "should" not "must" so purely guidance.

JamoLew

As long as you aren’t taking the preverbial and driving for an hour to walk up a hill/around a lake etc and aren’t mixing households that you aren’t bubbled with then I wouldn’t see an issue with 2 or 3 periods a day

Barny1979

– March 23: Announcing the first lockdown, Mr Johnson tells the UK public that they will only be allowed to leave their homes for limited reasons, including food shopping, exercise once per day, medical need and travelling for work when absolutely necessary.
– May 10: Mr Johnson announces the first easing of England’s lockdown, telling people they are allowed to sunbathe in parks and leave the house to exercise more than once a day.

zzyzx1221

Can't post links but yopu can look up the page you linked on archive.org an d see archived versions.

It says

You should minimise time spent outside your home, but you can leave your home to exercise. This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.

So it was definitely guidance rather than law.

zzyzx1221

And since I can't edit my post, the above was changed on March 8th to

You can leave your home to exercise or to visit a public outdoor place for outdoor recreation, such as a coffee on a bench or a picnic in a park. This can be on your own, with one other person when in a public outdoor place, or with your household or support bubble.

Webxite

zzyzx1221 said:

And since I can't edit my post, the above was changed on March 8th to

You can leave your home to exercise or to visit a public outdoor place for outdoor recreation, such as a coffee on a bench or a picnic in a park. This can be on your own, with one other person when in a public outdoor place, or with your household or support bubble.

Perfect - that's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you. Lots of inaccurate, and non-updated stuff out there. For me that change is very clear.

Webxite

zzyzx1221 said:

Can't post links but yopu can look up the page you linked on archive.org an d see archived versions.

It says

You should minimise time spent outside your home, but you can leave your home to exercise. This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.

So it was definitely guidance rather than law.

Job-wise I have to keep to every letter of the guidance as well as the law!

Davesnave

Webxite said:

zzyzx1221 said:

Can't post links but yopu can look up the page you linked on archive.org an d see archived versions.

It says

You should minimise time spent outside your home, but you can leave your home to exercise. This should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.

So it was definitely guidance rather than law.

Job-wise I have to keep to every letter of the guidance as well as the law!

To name only a few: Prof.Neil Ferguson, Matt Hancock and Dominic Cummings didn't keep to the letter of the guidance and it didn't seem to do them much harm.

You must have a very special job.