That's put paid to that then,

[The Wino]

Where have you got this rule from? I’ve not seen it anywhere. In fact I’ve not seen any restriction on the distance re exercise.

I think you are right it isn't a rule but I think it ought to be but maybe 10 miles. With excemptions where people live in rural areas and need to travel to the nearest supermarket or pharmacy. In the last lockdown lite we had people making a 200 mile round trip for "exercise" .......common sense?

 

[Gerbil62]

Any reference to whether 'medical appointments' includes dental appointments? I haven't found a reference to this and Mrs Ingwe has 2 "essential" such appointments in November.

I'm off to the dentist this afternoon for emergency treatment, no issues, staying open during November as classed as essential.

 

[The Dotties]

Where have you got this rule from? I’ve not seen it anywhere. In fact I’ve not seen any restriction on the distance re exercise.

I think, emphasise on think, the government referred to driving a car up to five miles from home for the purpose of exercise. Like a walk through a wood etc, but no limit on how far you walked

 

[Otter Spotter]

I remember Fancy Smith's radio call "Zed Victor One to B D" - but what was "BD"?

BD was the control room for the B division.
in Manchester traffic and other central services radio control was known as CK (no idea why) and the Divisions went from A to Q Q being Oldham where I was based for a lot of my service.

 

[gus-lopez]

I think if you all have this amount of time to ride bikes, run ,exercise ,etc; you aren't putting in a good days work.

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[Minxy]

Using your own words/info:

Exercise outdoors and visiting a public outdoor place for the purposes of open air recreation are both exceptions to the leaving home rule, so you can cycle for exercise or recreation

Okay

There is no restriction on the distance you can cycle for exercise, where within England you can cycle, or the frequency of rides. Guidance says that you should exercise locally where possible, but you can travel to do so if necessary (for example, to access an open space).

So stay locally where possible

We went for a bike ride today for our daily exercise! We rode 25 miles as allowed in the advice above from the government

How is that locally'? It may say 'where possible' but that's surely taking the p.....

 

[glenn2926]

Using your own words/info:

Okay

So stay locally where possible

How is that locally'? It may say 'where possible' but that's surely taking the p.....

25 miles is local to me and many people. I walk that distance some times. You seem to want everyone to become fat and unfit. Why is that?

 

[Minxy]

25 miles is local to me and many people. I walk that distance some times. You seem to want everyone to become fat and unfit. Why is that?

You don't have to travel 25 miles to exercise even on a bicycle ... unless you're a fatty and need to lose the weight and know if you do it too close to home you'll cheat and cut it short!

How do you view the funster considering going to the New Forest with his wife seeing as he lives in Southampton?

 

[glenn2926]

You don't have to travel 25 miles to exercise even on a bicycle ... unless you're a fatty and need to lose the weight and know if you do it too close to home you'll cheat and cut it short!

How do you view the funster considering going to the New Forest with his wife seeing as he lives in Southampton?

I think you’ll find that 25 miles would be enough for the fatties. Are you honestly trying to tell me 25 miles would be enough for the likes of Chris Hoy, Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome etc? Or any reasonably healthy person.

 

[Minxy]

I think you’ll find that 25 miles would be enough for the fatties. Are you honestly trying to tell me 25 miles would be enough for the likes of Chris Hoy, Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome etc? Or any reasonably healthy person.

They are fully-fledged athletes and earn their living from their 'fitness' but even then many such athletes are doing training at home on equipment as they seem to 'appreciate' the need to reduce their exposure to others and vice versa ... it's not the same as you going out for some exercise in these exceptional times.

You keep trying to think up reasons why you shouldn't be affected like the rest of us are.

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[The general]

I think you are right it isn't a rule but I think it ought to be but maybe 10 miles. With excemptions where people live in rural areas and need to travel to the nearest supermarket or pharmacy. In the last lockdown lite we had people making a 200 mile round trip for "exercise" .......common sense?

No

 

[glenn2926]

They are fully-fledged athletes and earn their living from their 'fitness' but even then many such athletes are doing training at home on equipment as they seem to 'appreciate' the need to reduce their exposure to others and vice versa ... it's not the same as you going out for some exercise in these exceptional times.

You keep trying to think up reasons why you shouldn't be affected like the rest of us.

I don’t need to think up reasons. I just follow the rules, the government rules not your rules. There is no limit on the distance I can walk or others cycle in the real world. Only in yours.

 

[The general]

You don't have to travel 25 miles to exercise even on a bicycle ... unless you're a fatty and need to lose the weight and know if you do it too close to home you'll cheat and cut it short!

How do you view the funster considering going to the New Forest with his wife seeing as he lives in Southampton?

Don’t really want to split hairs , but I think it’s pretty obvious to sensible people the government restrictions WANT people to stay LOCAL . So if you live on the west side of Southampton a trip to local part of new forest fine , but to go around touring the whole forest ?? People should really take responsibility end of . After all it’s only for a month hopefully . Got to use common sense simple .

 

[glenn2926]

Just going to watch Bradford City hopefully win then going out for three hours or so hope to get 15 miles in that time but keeping 5 miles per hour is not easy. I’m ok for a good 10 miles at that pace so I’ll keep practising it until I can do it.

 

[Minxy]

I don’t need to think up reasons. I just follow the rules, the government rules not your rules. There is no limit on the distance I can walk or others cycle in the real world. Only in yours.

My common sense appears to be more in tune with protecting others and being responsible than blatantly following the 'rules' to the letter because I can. I'm glad I'm in MY real world along with many others.

Don’t really want to split hairs , but I think it’s pretty obvious to sensible people the government restrictions WANT people to stay LOCAL . So if you live on the west side of Southampton a trip to local part of new forest fine , but to go around touring the whole forest ?? People should really take responsibility end of . After all it’s only for a month hopefully . Got to use common sense simple .

Interesting ... so would it be okay for someone going to/from the same starting point and cycling round the whole of the forest?

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[The general]

My common sense appears to be more in tune with protecting others and being responsible than blatantly following the 'rules' to the letter because I can. I'm glad I'm in MY real world along with many others.


Interesting ... so would it be okay for someone going to/from the same starting point and cycling round the whole of the forest?

Not enough daylight hrs at moment , stay local, stay safe , take responsibility simple

 

[Coolcats]

I think you’ll find that 25 miles would be enough for the fatties. Are you honestly trying to tell me 25 miles would be enough for the likes of Chris Hoy, Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome etc? Or any reasonably healthy person.

Fitness is all about context and periodisation ( look up Tudor Bomper) 25 miles can be more than enough these guys do not ride 100’s of miles per day. They also use ergometers, watt bikes etc you are only fit for the event you train for. So if your in the velor drome your training is going to be a much shorter distance than 25 miles or are you saying that those girls and guys are unfit. ?

 

[Alanben]

Using your own words/info:

Okay

So stay locally where possible

How is that locally'? It may say 'where possible' but that's surely taking the p.....

Hi Minxy
I dont want to get into an argument about ambiguous rules, or have to justify myself to you. The fact is we took a circular route and probably didn't go out of an eight mile radius from home. I don't want to catch covid or infect another person! so we rode on bridleways and country lanes and kept well away from anyone that we met. I consider myself to be a responsible person who was exercising within the rules.I have not been in a supermarket, shop, pub or restaurant since last march. I feel that I am doing my bit to prevent the spread of the virus! But I am not going to wrap myself in cotton wool and hide away when the rules say that I can go out on my bike without any restrictions on distance.

 

[Alanben]

I think if you all have this amount of time to ride bikes, run ,exercise ,etc; you aren't putting in a good days work.

Work!! what's that ? I cant remember.

 

[spitfire]

I think you are right it isn't a rule but I think it ought to be but maybe 10 miles. With excemptions where people live in rural areas and need to travel to the nearest supermarket or pharmacy. In the last lockdown lite we had people making a 200 mile round trip for "exercise" .......common sense?

1km And 1hour here unless you have an appointment for healthcare . Or you can go further to shop but must be your nearest . We have supermarkets in Tulle so not permitted to drive another 25km to Brive

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[gus-lopez]

You seem to want everyone to become fat and unfit. Why is that?

The UK needs ,and has for 30 or 40 years, about 25 million culled. So anything helps.

 

[glenn2926]

Just going to watch Bradford City hopefully win then going out for three hours or so hope to get 15 miles in that time but keeping 5 miles per hour is not easy. I’m ok for a good 10 miles at that pace so I’ll keep practising it until I can do it.

Well not too bad, didn’t quite make it. 3hrs 18mins to walk 16 miles. I was 6 minutes slow. Must do better, my first 5 miles was the slowest, probably not warmed up but my other 11 miles were on time.
This virus seems like all predators it picks off the slowest and weakest of the herd. Sometimes it gets lucky and gets a fit strong member but mostly the slowest and weakest. I’m trying to stay out of that category. I do think we will at sometime all get this virus and the stronger and fitter we are the better our outcome will be.
Whether we personally choose to be as fit and strong as we can is up to the individual but if you choose not to look after your own health you can’t really moan about others not looking after your health.

 

[Gary217]

As we live in the New Forest, just a quick thank you to the OP for consideration and not coming here. We obviously welcome tourists as our local amenities depend on it, but not at the moment thanks. I agree we all have to be both sensible and considerate in these horrible times, and looking for ways to exploit the rules to allow travelling and mixing is a bit selfish to say the least. Sadly many still do, a bit understandable with what we've all been through and with the incompetence coming from the centre but despite their rubbish approach, baulking against their rules really doesn't help. We won't travel out of area to visit other areas.
We've walked locally and over the past couple of days the roads here are clad with puffing, sweating lycra - which is not a good look at the best of times (although they seem to think it looks cool for some weird reason ) but much less welcome at the moment.
We haven't wandered far enough to see if the tourist spots are again inundated as they were last time.

 

[Hagstrom]

B Division, as easy as that. Thanks Otter Spotter.

Extrapolating the naming structure, V Victor would have been Z-car "V"? Is there an explanation of how the patrol car class was named after Z?

 

[The general]

B Division, as easy as that. Thanks Otter Spotter.

Extrapolating the naming structure, V Victor would have been Z-car "V"? Is there an explanation of how the patrol car class was named after Z?

Ford zephyr ????

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[pelican]

I used to be young and foolish as well, now I'm old and foolish - life's great

Silly old fart

 

[Nasher]

Silly old fart

That's not very nice....

 

[AXO66]

Ahhhh. Exercise across the whole of Wales in 36 hours ............
(but not the Valleys . )

 

[gus-lopez]

Well not too bad, didn’t quite make it. 3hrs 18mins to walk 16 miles. I was 6 minutes slow. Must do better, my first 5 miles was the slowest, probably not warmed up but my other 11 miles were on time.
This virus seems like all predators it picks off the slowest and weakest of the herd. Sometimes it gets lucky and gets a fit strong member but mostly the slowest and weakest. I’m trying to stay out of that category. I do think we will at sometime all get this virus and the stronger and fitter we are the better our outcome will be.
Whether we personally choose to be as fit and strong as we can is up to the individual but if you choose not to look after your own health you can’t really moan about others not looking after your health.

It fascinates me that people find this sort of thing satisfying or enjoyable? Can't really get my head around it?
I walk the dog, although I prefer somewhere that I can actually let him off the lead so I can walk at my own pace & not be stopping every few seconds ,but I don't derive any enjoyment from it. It's just a job that has to be done.
As to whether we get it or not I'm trying not to as I won't be happy & if I do I already want the chinese wiped off the face of the earth for putting us all in this position.
Putting some thought in to this this afternoon I cannot see the shambles being any different in May 2021 than the shambles we are in now. I don't believe anything will be any different & that they'll still be talking about vaccines.

 

[Minxy]

Hi Minxy
I dont want to get into an argument about ambiguous rules, or have to justify myself to you. The fact is we took a circular route and probably didn't go out of an eight mile radius from home. I don't want to catch covid or infect another person! so we rode on bridleways and country lanes and kept well away from anyone that we met. I consider myself to be a responsible person who was exercising within the rules.I have not been in a supermarket, shop, pub or restaurant since last march. I feel that I am doing my bit to prevent the spread of the virus! But I am not going to wrap myself in cotton wool and hide away when the rules say that I can go out on my bike without any restrictions on distance.

I don't expect you to argue with, or justify yourself to, me ... this is a 'chat' about how people are interpreting the rules ... however in relation to your trip it might have helped if you'd read my post previously as you have pretty much done what I suggested then ...

Do you really have to travel that distance AWAY from home though? A circular route kept more locally (eg no more than 5 miles away at any time) would to me at least seem more sensible and lessen the time too - we are in the middle of a pandemic at the moment so what may be okay in 'normal times' could be kerbed to ensure not only you, but others, are kept safer. No-one want so restrict people unnecessarily but unfortunately that's the way it is at present.

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