Staying local

justworriedabit

Andy_L said:

allanm02 said:

None of the guidance is hugely satisfactory. The guidance of 'village, etc' is absurd in my case - I can get across my village in 3 minutes. If we all stayed that local we'd be bumping into each other! Whereas, we are surrounded by woods, fields and uplands, and I can walk 40 miles if I feel so motivated without entering any other built up area, or seeing barely a soul. And, honestly, the hills 20 miles away I do consider local.

Hasn't that guidance now ceased with the latest relaxation of the restrictions?

Just read some of the posts on this thread as they seem to be 'very clear' about it.
I do not fear anyone by saying I'm confused re what is local now but I'm sure someone will tell me.
One poster even ref the gov guidance as local and I asked that poster to provide it. As expected I did not get that but the poster that cited the rules were defined by the gov got some backing that they were but no one could provide the evidence.
We wanted to go to the beach but did not as we do not want to breach the rules and these rules are as clear as mud re 'local.'

justworriedabit

allanm02 said:

None of the guidance is hugely satisfactory. The guidance of 'village, etc' is absurd in my case - I can get across my village in 3 minutes. If we all stayed that local we'd be bumping into each other! Whereas, we are surrounded by woods, fields and uplands, and I can walk 40 miles if I feel so motivated without entering any other built up area, or seeing barely a soul. And, honestly, the hills 20 miles away I do consider local.

there are posts in this thread that claim the gov has posted clearly what is local but I'm yet to be convinced.

Davesnave

Caitykinss said:

Essentially, have the police now stopped pulling people over and fining them for being too far away from home? I suppose we'll find out when the inevitable happens and thousands flock to the seaside over the weekend...

I'm not sure they ever did much of that down here in Ruralshire. They pulled over obvious transgressors with camper vans and/or surfboards and turned them around, and they fined people at the overcrowded seaside for parking on pavements etc, but I doubt if they bothered ordinary folk going about their lawful business. I've driven up to 40 or 50 miles on shopping expeditions, as I only do one every 7-10 days, and never expected to be pulled-over for exceeding some entirely arbitrary distance. There are plenty of people in my village who've been doing that sort of drive each day for work, so it's not strange or unusual.

Anyway, people are allowed to go as far as they wish now; the only proviso being that they don't stay overnight at somewhere not their home....unless they own a holiday home.

od244051

Never understood the mantra "its hot and sunny. Lets drive to a place with a beach" then spending ages driving to find a slot to park in a car park. Once find a slot, then find somewhere to sit on the beach. Then queue up for ages at the few toilets and eating places. Had this opinion well before the current pandemic.

I also wish people take their rubbish with them if they have food to eat at a public park. Think councils and volunteer litter picking groups should not pick up any litter for a fortnight. Would people sit surrounding litter? No.

Pollycat

od244051 said:

Never understood the mantra "its hot and sunny. Lets drive to a place with a beach" then spending ages driving to find a slot to park in a car park. Once find a slot, then find somewhere to sit on the beach. Then queue up for ages at the few toilets and eating places. Had this opinion well before the current pandemic.

I also wish people take their rubbish with them if they have food to eat at a public park. Think councils and volunteer litter picking groups should not pick up any litter for a fortnight. Would people sit surrounding litter? No.

Shocking photos of the rubbish that inconsiderate people have left behind them, especially during the last couple of hot days.

Apparently there is a new countryside code out:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-countryside-code-launched-to-help-people-enjoy-the-outdoors

New advice for people to ‘be nice, say hello, share the space’ as well as ‘enjoy your visit, have fun, make a memory’.

Do people really need to be told to say 'hello' to people they pass on a walk?

Or is it an April Fool's joke?

Davesnave

A new Countryside Code, eh?

What was wrong with the old one?  "Oi, gerroffof moi laaand!"

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

As for people saying hello, around here people do it in the town. Someone from Plymouth once told me this friendliness scared her at first, making her feel 'conspicuous' until she learned it was general, not just for her as a newbie.

Pollycat

Davesnave said:

A new Countryside Code, eh?

What was wrong with the old one?  "Oi, gerroffof moi laaand!"

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

As for people saying hello, around here people do it in the town. Someone from Plymouth once told me this friendliness scared her at first, making her feel 'conspicuous' until she learned it was general, not just for her as a newbie.

Here too.

Maybe that's why I found it odd that it needed to be included in a new country code.

olgadapolga

Pollycat said:

Do people really need to be told to say 'hello' to people they pass on a walk?

Or is it an April Fool's joke?

Where I live, if you said, "hello" to someone they'd probably stab you . . . although, thinking about it, just making eye contact with someone would be enough for them to pull a knife on you. 

od244051

For my area, the young ones (under 30/35) don't bother with acknowledging hello. 

Davesnave

olgadapolga said:

Pollycat said:

Do people really need to be told to say 'hello' to people they pass on a walk?

Or is it an April Fool's joke?

Where I live, if you said, "hello" to someone they'd probably stab you .

Is that living? 

I used to admire a vicar's wife I worked with, who resided among the parishioners on the wrong side of the tracks and often suffered some 'consequences' without much complaint, but it was never as bad as that.